A pair of steel Civil War U.S. Navy Cutlasses with brass hand guards and leather wrapped handles.

Both blades are marked D.R. 1862 on one side of the blade and with the maker’s mark on the other: "Made by Ames Manufacturing Co., Chicopee, Mass."

One marked of the swords is numbered 11M 135 on the guard. The other bears additional marks on the blade, an anchor and the letters P.G.G. with the guard numbered 15M 496.