Original U.S. "March Across Samar" & Boxer Rebellion Identified USMC 1899-1900 Dated Blue Dress Uniform & M1898 Enlisted Visor Cap - Oliver L Kerkendall Medals with a 11 inch

with a 11 inch

The sword does show wear with the brass fittings being loose and the ivory like grip showing heavy wear with the wire wrap now entirely gone

Here is a wonderful matched pair of ornate British Flintlock pistols

There also looks to be an insect hole near the loop on the bottom

Unfortunately there is no chin strap present

Original U.S. "March Across Samar" & Boxer Rebellion Identified USMC 1899-1900 Dated Blue Dress Uniform & M1898 Enlisted Visor Cap - Oliver L Kerkendall Medals with a 11 inchFor many years, thereafter, officers and men of the United States Marine Corps paid a traditional tribute to the indomitable courage of these marines by rising in their presence with the following words of homage: "STAND, GENTLEMEN, HE SERVED ON SAMAR! Original Items. One of a Kind Group. This is an outstanding early Marine Corps uniform set identified to Private Oliver L Kerkendall, a Survivor of the March Across Samar, one of the worst incidents in