Good day Jim and thank you for sharing that page with us.
Interesting that a similar sword sold at Rock River Auctions some while back, almost identical but with a 33 inch blade:
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Manufactured without maker or merchant marks, notes provided by the consignor suggest it was a Dragoon officer's sword, though a nearly identical example featured on page 106 of Peterson's "The American Sword 1775-1945" is attributed as an artillery sword. Peterson further notes that most known examples of the type feature a German-style "stirrup" guard, as opposed to the half-solid, half-chain guard seen in the book and on this sword.
Overall length is 37 3/4 inches, with a 33 inch curved single fuller blade, decorated on the lower half with gold washed patriotic and martial etching on a niter blue field. The hilt is gold washed brass, with a sculpted eagle claw on the rear quillion, a swan with nicely detailed feathers for the guard, a horse head pommel and a checkered antique grip. The scabbard is black leather construction, with lightly engraved gilt brass furniture.
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The different blade lengths on identical hilts leads me to suspect that these were intended to catch the purchaser’s fancy rather than for a specific unit type.