Saber with a black leather handle. The handle is wrapped in gold-toned twisted wire, and the guard and pommel are not engraved. There is the mark "ASC 1906" and a flaming bomb on the ricasso of the blade.
Context
Owned by Lt. Colonel Charles H. Joyce of Rutland, Vermont.
Acquisition
Accession
1943.3
Source or Donor
Vaughan, Herman W.
Made/Created
Manufacturer
Ames Manufacturing Company
Date made
1906
Place
City
Chelmsford
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Saber
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Sword
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Edged Weapons
Nomenclature Class
Armaments
Nomenclature Category
Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology