Original U.S. Civil War M-1840 Musicians Sword by Ames Mfg. Co. - Dated 1862 Antique Handguns or the Hammelburg Training area

or the Hammelburg Training area

Although another business had occupied the factory's office building for a time in the 1970s

The steel body of the grenade has 326 squares pressed into its inside face to produce separate fragments when the explosive fill is detonated

with a lot of surface oxidation and wear

and the grenades were equipped with an ingenious igniting system looking like a star with 6 hollow cast aluminum tubes

Original U.S. Civil War M-1840 Musicians Sword by Ames Mfg. Co. - Dated 1862 Antique Handguns or the Hammelburg Training areaOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice condition example of a U. S. Civil War issue Model 1840 Musicians sword, manufactured by Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts. They were by far the largest supplier of edged weapons to the Union forces during the war. The sword is missing its scabbard, and has an all brass hilt, with a simple crossguard, which is an extension of "D" hand guard enclosing the knurled hand grip.