This Confederate Naval Cutlass was manufactured by Robert Mole & Son's of Birmingham, England, and imported by Courtney & Tennant of Charleston, South Carolina. The cutlass has a double-edged, 19 1/2 inch wasp wristed blade with single fuller. The obverse ricasso is stamped; "COURTNEY & TENNANT/CHARLESTON, S.C." in a rectangle. "MOLE" is stamped on the back of the blade. The cutlass has a three-branch brass guard with down-turned quillian and two-piece checkered, hard rubber grip.