Original Thomas & Griswold New Orleans Cav Officer Guard

Description

Original Thomas & Griswold New Orleans Cav Officer Guard.Condition is Used.
This
Was Found In Memphis, Tennessee. Thomas And Griswold Was Located On Corner Of Canal And Royal Street In New Orleans Louisiana. They Made Sabres
And Swords Between 1861 To 1862 When New Orleans Fell To Union Occupation.
On Aug 24, 1861 Henry Thomas and Arthur Breese Griswold along with a couple of associates opened a military outfitting firm at the corner of Canal and Royal Streets in New Orleans.  The business, known as Thomas, Griswold & Co., remained in operation only eight months before closing on April 24, 1862, a few weeks prior to the occupation of New Orleans by Federal forces.  During their brief period of operations, they manufactured swords and other militaria for Southern buyers in both the governmental and private sectors.
Swords made by Thomas, Griswold & Co. have unique characteristics on their guards, blades and scabbards that make them readily identifiable.This guard has the soldered seam at base, one area you can see the line , and where the tops of the tines are soldered to the upper portion of the main tine, just above where one is broken.