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Cavalry sabre info? Frank DeCaro NY

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I'm guessing it's a Model 1872. Total length, in the scabbard = 39".

Marked:

FRANK DECARO (the letters not shown here in bold are in a slightly smaller font on the blade)
169-171 GRAND STR.
NEW YORK

Nickel plated furniture. I'll try to get some photos over the weekend...
 
The company is also listed in a fraternal sword book and although there is not an example of these nickeled swords, a number of fraternal groups had "mounted chasseurs" and were possibly parade swords. There are numerous examples in the book that are just brass, or gilt.

Cheers
GC
 
not2sharp said:
Interesting, can you share the information on the book. I haven’t seen a book on that subject and it may be worth the search.

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The American Fraternal Sword ISBN 10: 1931464383 ISBN 13: 9781931464383
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Fraternal_Sword/HYBaPgAACAAJ?hl=en

Available directly from the Andrew Mowbray Publishers site, Amazon and others. Well worth the price of admission but as stated in the forward, more examples will always surface and as all types of arms, a lifetime study.

John Hamilton has penned a number of articles for Man at Arms periodicals and books including the Ames Sword Company history.

If looking for more fraternal history, there are a lot of extant groups with sites. Here is an interesting site I have visited for decades
http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/

Fraternal/Society group acronyms, handy when included on an item
http://richhartzog.com/art/society.htm

An early fraternal encyclopedia (1896) Cylopedia of Fraternities, here on my public drive but is also open source on other pages.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11-JYDBN_j04DaImw64LQlsSOtwYXj5uI/view?usp=sharing

Happy Hunting
GC
 
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