US MILITIA NCO SWORD

Indian Wars Period C.1870-80. Two piece plated brass hilt. The pommel of 1860s regulation form integral with the black japanned spirally fluted grip. Brass wire wrap. Decorated “bow tie” form guard. 28 1/4” d.e blade, unmarked, bright and excellent. Hilt retains remnants of gilding in protected areas. The black grip coating nearly complete. Iron scabbard with leather covering shrunk and crackled but about complete.  Classic post-Civil War example as served the Westward Expansion.