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  2. Category:Ceremonial weapons - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to ceremonial weapons, object used for ceremonial purposes to display power or authority. They are often used in parades and as part of dress uniforms . Subcategories

  3. Ceremonial weapon - Wikipedia

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    A ceremonial weapon is an object used for ceremonial purposes to display power or authority. They may be used in parades and as part of military dress uniforms, [1] or presented as gifts on formal occasions. [2] Although they are descended from weapons used in actual combat, they are not normally used as such. Their form and, especially, their ...

  4. Model 1902 Army Officers' Sword - Wikipedia

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    By the early 1870s combat experience had convinced many American military officers that swords had, at best, a tertiary role in the modern army. [4] [5] Given its lack of usage during the American Civil War and Indian Wars, many objected to the weight of carrying the Model 1850 Army Staff & Field Officers' Sword. This led to the adoption of the ...

  5. United States Marine Corps noncommissioned officer's sword

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    The Marine Corps noncommissioned officer's sword is a sword worn by noncommissioned officers (NCOs) and staff noncommissioned officers (SNCOs) of the United States Marine Corps. The NCO sword was adopted in 1859 and is patterned after the United States Army's foot officers' sword of 1850. The M1859 NCO sword continues service today as the ...

  6. Sabre - Wikipedia

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    Some militaries also issue ceremonial swords to their highest-ranking non-commissioned officers; this is seen as an honour since, typically, non-commissioned, enlisted/other-rank military service members are instead issued a cutlass blade rather than a sabre. Swords in the modern military are no longer used as weapons, and serve only ornamental ...

  7. West Point Cadets' Sword - Wikipedia

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    American Swords in the Phllip Medicus Collection, by Norm Flayderman, 1998; Civil War Cavalry and Artillery Sabers by John Thillman, 2001 ISBN 978-0-917218-92-7; Swords and Sabers of the Armory at Springfield by Burton A. Kellerstedt; The Army called it home Military Interiors of the 19th Century by William L. Brown III ISBN 978-0939631421

  8. Saber arch - Wikipedia

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    A saber arch at the wedding of a US Army officer and his bride. A saber arch is a wedding tradition in which sabers or swords are used to salute a newly married couple. The bride and groom pass under an honorary arch of sabers, typically when exiting the building in which the wedding ceremony took place.

  9. Category:Swords of the United States - Wikipedia

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    M. M1860 Cutlass; Mameluke sword; Model 1832 foot artillery sword; Model 1840 army noncommissioned officers' sword; Model 1840 Cavalry Saber; Model 1840 light artillery saber

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