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Germanic style sword and scabbard. Sword has boat-shell guard and rapier-colichemarde type blade. Taken from Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833), British light cavalry leader, by John Eager Howard (1752-1827) at the Battle of the Cowpens on January 17, 1781.

Germanic style sword and scabbard. Sword has boat-shell guard and rapier-colichemarde type blade. Taken from Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833), British light cavalry leader, by John Eager Howard (1752-1827) at the Battle of the Cowpens on January 17, 1781.

Sword

Description

Germanic style sword and scabbard. Sword has boat-shell guard and rapier-colichemarde type blade. Taken from Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833), British light cavalry leader, by John Eager Howard (1752-1827) at the Battle of the Cowpens on January 17, 1781.

Creator

Date

circa 1770

Materials

Steel, brass

Dimensions

34.25 L x 4.25 W inches

Object ID

1930.23.2a,b

Resource ID

10602

Credit Line

Gift of John Eager Howard

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

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