CIVIL WAR CINCINNATI OHIO H.G. HAMLIN MODEL 1850 OFFICERS SWORD CIRCA 1862

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A SUPER RARE HANNIBAL G HAMLIN JR  CIN, OHIO MODEL 1850 FOOT OFFICERS SWORD.
THE HAMLIN FAMILY HAD A MILITARY GOODS STOR IN CINCINNATI STARTING IN 1858 AND CONTINUED TILL 1865 WHEN IT WAS SOLD
ONE OF TWO SUPPLIERS WITH BEN KITTREDGE TO ARM OHIO SOLDIERS COMING THROUGH CINCINNATI CONTINUING TO THE SOUTH.
UNTOUCHED CONDITION WITH NO CLEANING AND NEAR PERFECT RAY SKIN AND WIRE.
HANNIBAL GILMORE HAMLIN WAS FOURTH COUISIN OF HANNIBAL HAMLIN , VICE PRESIDENT UNDER ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
HANNIBAL GILMORE HAMLIN TOOK OVER HIS FATHERS BUSINESS IN JANUARY OF 1862 AND HAD A CONTRACT TO SELL OFFICERS SWORDS IN CINCINNATI     ONLY 200 WERE COMMISSIONED             THE HAMLIN FAMILY IS BURIED IN SPRINGROVE CEMETERY AND THE SWORD IS PRESENTED UPON HIS GRAVE   PHOTO IS INCLUDED
A EXTREMELY RARE SWORD THAT SAW BATTLE IN THE SOUTH
I AM A OHIO SWORD COLLECTOR AND HAVE OWNED 6 OF THESE SINCE 1972
THIS ONE IS MY FINEST WITH CLEAN MARKINGS..............
NEVER SHARPENED OF SHORTENED