少将约翰·E·伍尔的国会授剑

Sword cutler Samuel Jackson American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 372

这柄剑保存得几乎完好如新,它是美国历史上最悠久、制作最精良的剑之一。美国国会于1854年1月 23日将这柄剑授予伍尔将军,以表彰他在1846 – 48年美墨战争中布耶那维斯达战役上的英勇表现。大部分美国授剑都是直接以欧洲或古典范例为原型,但这柄伍尔剑却与众不同,它在概念和装饰上都表现出明显的美国特色。把剑授予战功卓著的军事将领这一习俗可追溯至美国独立战争时期。

Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869), Samuel Jackson (American, Baltimore, active 1833–70), Steel, gold, brass, diamonds, rubies, American, probably Baltimore

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