Military Service Institution of the United States Museum
Listed as Item 261 Sword of Honor
Presented by Congress to Midshipman (later Rear Admiral) John B. Montgomery, U.S.N., for services rendered at the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813.
Loaned by his great-grandson. (See first page of cover.)
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Also at the museum is DECATUR'S SWORD "The quarterdeck sword of Commodore Stephen Decatur, U.S.N."
--Brock-Perry
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