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RARE CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS ASSOCIATED WITH

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
RARE CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS ASSOCIATED WITH

CSS FLORIDA & CSS TEXAS. These “special” unique cutlasses have been known by Confederate collectors for a very long time. 31” overall, 25.5” heavy “machete” like blades, cast brass basket with 3 branches, hand fitted sculpted split wood grip secured with sculpted full tang secured by 3 iron pins.
These cutlasses have good Confederate provenance and attribution. Retired USN Commander Jerry Roxbury USN wrote a wonderful in depth 2018 monograph for American Society of Arms Collectors detailing their history. He shows a near wartime photograph of souvenir 12 star secession flag with one of these cutlasses attached with cord. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: copy of 2018 ASAC article on these cutlasses by Jerry Roxbury. CONDITION: very good overall, iron & brass patina, hand worn weathered wood grip. (02-19165/JS). $3,000-4,000.