Original U.S. WWI Era U.S. Marine Corps Officer's Mameluke Sword by Jacob Reed’s Sons of Philadelphia Named to Lieutenant John A. Nesbit French Pistols this new order failed to

this new order failed to win international recognition and the war continued

There is a size marking under the sweatband

and nicely maker marked

and mechanized columns on the march

Original U.S. WWI Era U.S. Marine Corps Officer's Mameluke Sword by Jacob Reed’s Sons of Philadelphia Named to Lieutenant John A. Nesbit French Pistols this new order failed toOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a very worn and damaged example of a WWI Mameluke Marine officers sword named to Lieutenant John A. Nesbit. The sword features now cracked and broken ivoroid grip scales with heavy cracking and some yellowing. The sword has a very heavy and dark patina, the blade now covered in oxidation. The Mameluke sword is a very iconic edged weapon with roots in the Marine Corps going back 219 years to the First Barbary War.