Scabbard with relief engraved image of Poseidon within flowing scrolls and nautically theme mounts. Wheeler / Acting Master of the US Ship Kearsarge / as a testimonial for his Services in her engagement with the Alabama June 19, 1864. The obverse of the metal scabbard is engraved with the following presentation: James R. Sword is accompanied by a pair of scabbards, including a highly embellished gilt brass scabbard with highly detailed and stylized mounts, three suspension rings and a sea serpent drag. Pommel cap is further decorated with flowing feathers and a shell motif in addition to the usual acanthus leaf motif. Guard with an oval depicting a panoply of arms and the pommel cap with an eagle surmounting a fouled anchor, surrounded by the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM. The sterling grip is engraved with tight, flowing feathery scrolls featuring a nautically themed panoply of arms as the central image on the obverse. The images on the reverse of the blade include a canon mounted on a naval carriage, and American Eagle, a fouled anchor and a central image containing the letters USN in a banner, along with the usual foliate scrolls. The obverse images include panoplies of arms, flowing foliate and geometric themes and include a central image of an anchor surmounted by an American shield. Co / Chicopee / Mass above the obverse ricasso and with decorative panels running about there-fourths of the blade's length. 5.5" gilt brass hilt with sterling grip and three-branch guard that terminates in a sea serpent at the pommel and another sea serpent as the quillon. 28.75" slightly curved, single-edged blade with 19.5" stopped central fuller.
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