INSCRIBED TO GROVER CLEVELAND KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS LODGE SWORD.

INSCRIBED TO GROVER CLEVELAND KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS LODGE SWORD. Made by Pettibone Company with a thin tapered 30-1/2″ diamond shaped blade with etched decorations & the name “GROVER CLEVELAND” on one side. Opposite side has standard “K of C” decorations. It has usual cruciform hand guard with a red cross through a crown, a knight’s head pommel with ivory handle inscribed with the initials “GC” and an acanthus leaf wreath. It has a nickeled scabbard with etch decorations with pierced, decorated throat, middle hanger & drag. Between the two hangers it is etched with the name “GROVER CLEVELAND”. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Blade is bright & clean with light scrapes & retains about half of its orig gold wash in the engraving. Hand guard & pommel retain traces of their orig silver wash, missing the chain guard. Scabbard retains most of its dull nickel with light pimpling on the outside and retains traces of its orig silver wash in the castings. Etching on lower half is thin. This may or may not have been presented to President Grover Cleveland by a local Mason’s lodge. 4-57390 JR664 (300-5,000?)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3328	$747.00	INSCRIBED TO GROVER CLEVELAND KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS LODGE SWORD. Made by Pettibone Company with a thin tapered 30-1/2″ diamond shaped blade with etched decorations & the name “GROVER CLEVELAND” on one side. Opposite side has standard “K of C” decorations. It has usual cruciform hand guard with a red cross through a crown, a knight’s head pommel with ivory handle inscribed with the initials “GC” and an acanthus leaf wreath. It has a nickeled scabbard with etch decorations with pierced, decorated throat, middle hanger & drag. Between the two hangers it is etched with the name “GROVER CLEVELAND”. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Blade is bright & clean with light scrapes & retains about half of its orig gold wash in the engraving. Hand guard & pommel retain traces of their orig silver wash, missing the chain guard. Scabbard retains most of its dull nickel with light pimpling on the outside and retains traces of its orig silver wash in the castings. Etching on lower half is thin. This may or may not have been presented to President Grover Cleveland by a local Mason’s lodge. 4-57390 JR664 (300-5,000?) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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