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ARTIFACT:
This is a beautiful presentation 02 model Army officer sword for Captain Edward D. Sirois, the Commander of "C" Battery, 102nd Field Artillery, 26th Division, along with a group of medals, insignia, a flag, a battery commander's ruler, a propeller-shaped paperweight and a patch. The sword has a rare scrimshaw ivory grip in a leaf and berry motif and a guard curved like a cobra's hood. The blade has an engraved message to Captain Edward D. Sirois from his men, which is set off by wonderful scrolling leaf patterns up and down the sword. Here are several medals that belonged to the Captain, including a numbered one for service on the Mexican border, a Pancho Villa "Souvenir" medal, a Massachusetts Service medal for nine years of service, and a Diamond Jubilee National Guard Association medal by Dieges & Clust. There are six enameled distinctive insignia, including one for the 26th "Yankee" Division, one for the 212th Field Artillery Regiment bearing the motto "Vincere est Vivere" (or "To conquer is to live"), and one for the 101st Field Artillery Regiment, bearing the motto "Sic itur ad astra", or "To the stars". Various other insignia include collar devices for the 102nd Field Artillery and Battery C, captain's rank bars, uniform buttons and some assorted service lapel pins. Also included is an embroidered twill patch for the 26th "Yankee" Division, a French flag and a battery commander's ruler, which aided in artillery calculations. There is also a cool promotional propeller-shaped paperweight from WLAW FM radio station in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
VINTAGE:
Circa 1910-1925; National Guard Diamond Jubilee medal is from 1953.
SIZE:
Approximately 37" length and 4-1/2" width at handle (sword); patch: 3-3/4" by 3-1/4"; Mexican Service medal: 2-3/4" by 1-1/4"; Massachusetts Service medal: 3-3/4" by 1-1/4"; flag: 15-1/4" by 21-1/2"; propeller paperweight: 9" in length by 1-1/4" in depth; other items are of various sizes.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Sword blade: nickel-plated steel; sword guard: nickel-plated brass; sword grip: scrimshaw ivory; most medals: brass, silk; Massachusetts Service medal: bronze, silk; DIs: enameled gilt brass and enameled copper-plated brass; buttons: brass; lapel pins: brass and enameled gilt brass; collar insignia: brass; propeller: plated brass; patch: twill embroidered in cotton/silk threads; flag: woven linen/cotton.
ATTACHMENT:
Various.
MARKINGS:
PRESENTED BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF C BATTERY 102 F.A. MASS N.G. JULY 24, 1925 (engraved on sword); CAPTAIN EDWARD D. SIROIS (on reverse of sword); ROSENFIELD & RAFKIN, BOSTON MASS; FRANCE DEPOSE FF (on chain of hanger Đ not the original hanger but the right model); ROBBINS CO. ATTLEBORO on some DIs; DIEGES & CLUST NEW YORK on Diamond Jubilee medal; 20914 on bottom edge of Mexican Border service medal; STERLING on bar; MF'D BY WESTCOTT JEWELL CO. SENECA FALLS N.Y. 1918 and SIROIS (on ruler); B&B ST. PAUL PAT. PEND. (on propeller).
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a United States Army collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VEJJX02 LAAJJX8/10 SAAJJX1/14
CONDITION:
7 (Very Fine): The sword has light to medium wear and some small spots of tarnish; scabbard has more moderate wear; insignia, medals and patch are in overall very fine condition except for the Massachusetts Service medal, whose ribbon is extremely delicate and deteriorated; flag shows moderate aging.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
