PRESENTATION SWORD OF 7TH REGIMENT N.Y.N.G. * MAJOR NIXON*

A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION SWORD BELONGING TO BATTN. MAJOR HOWARD CLARK NIXON WHO SERVED WITH THE NATIONAL GUARDS IN THE EARLY 1910S-1917 PERIOD..THIS RARE AND EARLY COMMISSIONED OFFICERS SWORD IS MADE BY HENRY V ALLEN OF NEW YORK. A RARE TURTLE SHELL HILT WITH SLIGHT DAMAGE FROM AGE. ALL THE MILITARY MOTIFFS ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE WITH HIS FULL NAME INGRAVED AND EDGED ON ONE SIDE. A ORIGINAL PRESENTATION AS FOLLOWS PRESENTED TO BATTN.SERGT.MAJOR HOWARD CLARK NIXON BY HIS COMRADES OF CO. B 7TH REGIMENT N.G.N.Y. THE SWORD IS MISSING THE LOWER DRAG BUT IS EASILY REPLACED. VONNIE VULLOS OF THE HORSE SOLDIER IN GETTYSBURG HAS FOLLOWED UP FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIEVES IN WASHINGTON D.C. WITH ALL THE RECORDS OF MR. NIXON. HE WAS A SILK SALESMAN ACCORDING TO RECORDS IN NEW YORK CITY BEFORE AND AFTER WORLD WAR 1. THE UNIT WAS NOTED AS THE (SILK REGIMENT) ACCORDING TO GOGGLING. A NICE NEW YORK PRESENTATION SWORD THAT WAS WORN AND CARRIED DURING THE EARLY PARTS OF THE WAR AND STATE MILITIA.

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