Original U.S. Civil War Non-Regulation German-Made Officer’s Sword Carried by Colonel John Herron Cain, 155th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry U.S. Navy is fully inlaid with camel

is fully inlaid with camel bone (especially the butt stock)

German supplied much in the way of arms and equipment to its allies

one under German military occupation and the other under Petain’s government

A distinctive feature of the Walloon sword is the presence of a thumb-ring

a share holding company

Original U.S. Civil War Non-Regulation German-Made Officer’s Sword Carried by Colonel John Herron Cain, 155th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry U.S. Navy is fully inlaid with camelOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous non regulation officers sword likely manufactured in Germany and retailed by William H. Horstmann & Sons of Philadelphia. The sword comes with a tremendous attribution to Colonel John Herron Cain, who commanded the 155th. The sword came with the provenance that it was kept rusted in an attic for many decades, leading to the heavy pitting across the entirety of the hilt and scabbard, but the sharkskin