Original U.S. Militia Staff Officers Parade Sword with Bone Grip & Scabbard c. 1840-1850 Price_$-050 - $200 Roosevelt’s desk in February 1944

Roosevelt’s desk in February 1944 and was signed into order as the Bronze Star Medal

Side of the chest is painted:

so it is definitely a "Lightning

' The Japanese were not always successful

Complete with his Grand Daughters note and research to date

Original U.S. Militia Staff Officers Parade Sword with Bone Grip & Scabbard c. 1840-1850 Price_$-050 - $200 Roosevelt’s desk in February 1944Original Item: Only One Available. This was recently discovered out of a massive collection. As a whole, the sword is in quite good condition for being almost two hundred years old. This was manufactured for use by staff officers of the militia, but it is not unreasonable to think it could have been used by any ranking officer of that time. Swords of this design are pre Civil War, rough estimated date circa 1840 1850. The cruciform style brass