French Naval Small Sword
date: label: Date made
content: 1782
label: associated date
content: 1782
notes: label: Description
content: This French naval small sword has a brass hilt and leather grip. The blade is etched with a French anchor emblem and the date “1782”. Although it is a foreign weapon, American sailors would have seen and used such swords. Weapons of all sorts, from cannon to knives, were traded internationally as well as bartered, captured, stolen, purchased, smuggled or otherwise easily obtained.
place: label: place made
content: France
label: associated place
content: France
topic: label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0399.0248
label: catalog number
content: E-377
label: accession number
content: 1980.0399
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0399.0248
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sword
label: Other Terms
content: Sword; Edged Weapons; Navy; Small
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (grips material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (hilt material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 30 in; 11.43 cm x 76.2 cm