The lot includes A US Ames MFG model 1840 saber, heavy cavalry saber, manufactured before the Civil War. It features a straight wooden handle covered with leather and a wire grip, a brass hilt has three branches, a brass pommel cap, and a guard. A steel blade has a flat back with narrow and wide fuller stopped at the ricasso, iron scabbard with iron mountings. Manufactured by Ames Manufacturing Company, Cabotville, Massachusetts. Marked, AMES MFG CO CABOTVILLE 1840 and US ADK, on the front and back of the ricasso. SECOND ITEM, An American Civil War period officer's sword with a steel blade, a natural materials handle and brass fittings. The pommel is decorated with a relief knight's helmet, and the ricasso is decorated with a relief shell. Contains an original scabbard.