30.5" single edged spear point blade with a 21.5" stopped median fuller. Blade width at ricasso is 1". 6" hilt with gilt cast brass guard, grooved wood grip covered in shagreen with 15 wraps of twisted wire. Blade etched Ames Mfg. Co./Chicopee/Mass on the obverse above the ricasso. Blade etched with floral, martial and patriotic motifs with a large US and panoply of arms as the central panel on the reverse and a {Spread Winged Eagle} on the obverse. Sword is accompanied by its gilt brass mounted leather scabbard with the upper mount marked on the reverse AMES MFG. CO./CHICOPEE/MASS.