Primarily imported by George Tennant of South Carolina, swords manufactured by Robert Mole of Birmingham were brought into the Confederate States for use by both the Army and Navy. The chief feature separating the Confederate arms from Mole's English Government contract blades the brass guard fitted on the Confederate model. Measuring 36 inches overall, with a gently curved 30 1/2 inch single fuller blade, stamped "MOLE" on the square-backed spine. The stamping is repeated on the single branch brass guard, with a rounded pommel and steel backed checkered leather grips.