CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE J LUTHER PUBLISHED FOOT OFFICER SWORD HOFFMAN COLLECTION

PRESERVING AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HISTORY. CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE J LUTHER PUBLISHED FOOT OFFICER'S SWORD HOFFMAN COLLECTION ALL ORIGINAL UNTOUCHED FROM THE MUSEUM LIKE COLLECTION OF AUTHOR KEVIN HOFFMAN PUBLISHED IN HIS BOOK. THIS IS CLOSED GUARD EXTREMELY RARE; I HAVE ONLY SEEN 2 OTHER EXAMPLES IN THE PAST 47 YEARS OF COLLECTING. SEE KEVIN'S DESCRIPTION FROM HIS BOOK. CSA - M1850 Foot Officer Sword marked J. Luther Cin. O. CSA - M 1850 Foot Officer Sword. By J. Luther of Cin. Ohio as etched on the blade spine. Manufactured: unknown  Maker: unknown  Year: Civil War  Model: M 1850 Foot Officer Sword Size: 30.00  Condition: VG+  CSA - M 1850 Foot Officer Sword.  Mysterious sword here, a Confederate sword from the west (Ohio). All components of the sword exhibit the quality you would normally see in a Union sword.  High quality casting of guard and pommel cap.  Grip wrap is leather but wire is not the type typically seen on a confederate sword as well as grip shape. Scabbard constructio