See Tim Prince appraise an 1852 Commodore Morris's naval officer sword in Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Hour 2. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise ...
In the midst of a raging naval battle, a more than 3-foot-long sword was flung overboard. It settled in the sandy floor of the Mediterranean Sea — and that’s where it stayed for at least 800 years ...
A sword studded in seashells and caked in sand, found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near Israel, was likely dropped there by a Crusader during battle between 800 and 900 years ago, a new ...
This French naval small sword has a brass hilt and leather grip. The blade is etched with a French anchor emblem and the date “1782”. Although it is a foreign weapon, American sailors would have seen ...
Last week in Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, eleven swords in highly polished scabbards lay neatly spaced upon a horseshoe table. Behind each sword sat a general officer of the Army in ...
Seventy-three years after it was stolen from the U.S. Naval Academy's memorial collection, a prized sword was returned to the academy by the FBI, which recovered it after investigating its connection ...
Click to open image viewer. United States Navy dress sword; straight chrome steel blade with grove fuller and engraving; brass hand guard with dolphins depicted on quillon; wrapped leather handle; ...
No one knows precisely when the last naval sword was used in combat. After centuries of being considered standard military-issued weaponry, the sword’s utility waned in the gunpowder age. The enlisted ...
Researchers think the weapon was used in a naval battle by a Crusader about 800 years ago, according to a new study published by the Israel Antiquities Authority. Shlomi Katzin Israel Antiquities ...