thanks for the help..
i can not find any inspector marks...i will keep looking..lol..
i took some more pics on high res. i hope you they will show up as big for you as they do me here.
it does have the leave pattern as you said..and the ray pattern
i also after 7 hrs of searching the net found 2 swords that look the same except for the scabbard end..they had no design where as mine does have a design.
1 site claims it was a model 1872 officers sword from the civil war,,of which only around 250 were made...{sales pitch i assume}
2nd site just said it was a 1872 calvary sword..as you have stated.
now as you can tell i am ignorant to some of the terms referring to the sword..with that being said,is 1872 the model number or the yr it was made? i do know some numbers such as the 1872 for example is only a model number and it could have been made in 1860 for example..
as for this sword i am more interested in a positive id {which you have given 1872 calvary} and the yr that it may have been made.
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