Original American Revolutionary War British Royal Navy Officers Sword - Circa 1775-1785

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of the classic English Revolutionary War Period Naval Officer Saber, in very solid condition. A similar Saber is pictured and documented on Page 69 - 70 of Sim Comfort’s book Naval Swords & Dirks.This lovely sword has a slotted hilt hanger with 3 beautiful inset anchors in the guard. The gilt brass hilt has a slot on each side of the crossguard with remnants of the original gilt present. Within the obverse slot is an inner bar which runs the length of the guard and conjoins with a fouled anchor. The reverse guard also has an inner bar running the length of the guard and intersects with a short lateral bar. At the bottom of the knuckle guard is a fouled anchor with the rest of the guard engraved with ornamental lines. From the middle of the knuckle guard is an S bar which joins near the middle of the guard. Within the S bar is a large fouled anchor. The pommel cap is flat with lovely lines carved into the brass. The grip is