Original U.S. Civil War M-1850 Style German Imported Non-Regulation Cavalry Officer’s Sword & Scabbard with Etched Blade

Original Item: Only One Available. In 1840 there was a decision to reform the swords used by the Regular Army. This may have been prompted by the creation of the dragoon regiments during the 1830s and dissatisfaction with the model-1833 Dragoon Saber design. In 1839 the War Department ordered a number of European edge weapons of various designs for testing. It convened a board of officers by authority of an order issued August 28, 1840 to study the various European designs. An order was placed with the German firm of Schnitzler and Kirschbaum in Solingen, then the leading center of blade production in Europe, for a quantity of the various designs chosen. This is a lovely non-regulation cavalry officer’s sword which was imported from the Solingen based firm, W. Clauberg. This indicates that the sword, or at least the blade, was made in the legendary "City of Blades" in the mountains of Western Germany. We have not been able to find much information about this maker, a well-known maker o