It's a Civil War presentation sword with a clamshell guard, meaning it wasn't used in combat ... Engraved on its ricasso (the section of the blade just above the handle) is “GW Simmons & Co. Boston, ...
GUARD: I made the guard by casting brass ... the help of adhesives and embedded our RH logo onto the wooden handle. Forging a SWORD out of Rusted Iron CHAIN #Forging #Swordaking NASA astronauts ...