This Ames Militia Officer's helmet pommel sword has a 26 inch lozenge cross-section blade decorated with etched patriotic designs and marked "Ames Mfg. Co/Chicopee/Mass" on the left side. Gilt finished hilt, square languets, a knight's helm pommel, and a double chain knuckleguard. The languets are particularly well sculpted and show the leaf patterns and arrays of arms topped with a liberty cap on each side, and both languets have a scene of an eagle with an olive branch in its beak on one side and a liberty cap atop a Roman fasces on the other. The grips are smooth mother of pearl with gilt wire wrap. The gilt scabbard is decorated with an American eagle near the middle suspension ring and a raised oak leaf and acorn design on and near the drag.