31.75" curved, single-edged blade with a 26.5" stopped median fuller. 41.125" in overall length with a 6.25" hilt. Two branch brass guard with knuckle bow and Phrygian helmet pommel cap. Leather covered grooved wooden grip with twelve wraps of twisted wire. Reverse ricasso with very weak Ames "scroll address", which is mostly obscured by pitting. Obverse ricasso is marked US over an illegible set of inspector's initials and dated 1861. A weak sub-inspector's H is present on the pommel cap. Lap seamed scabbard in relic condition with no visible inspection marks on the drag, both suspension rings intact and with a partial Stuart saber hanger.