In House Shipping:
After the United States’ victory in the Spanish-American War, the US gained Guam, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines as territories, and the US Army faced a grueling 15 year campaign to quell uprisings in the Philippine Islands. The most bitter fighting occurred in the southernmost islands where US troops faced the Moros. The iconic wavy blade Moro “kris” sword was ornate but deadly, and was a highly prized war souvenir for American forces. This Antique 1900s Philippine Insurrection Moro Keris Native Warrior Kris Sword is in Good Condition, with some rounding to the blade tip, some scattered chipping to the upper blade edges, some cleaning, scratching, pitting, and patina at each side of the blade, some loosening to the metal wrap around the bottom edge of the handle, and with some overall age wear evident. Otherwise, the sword is in fine shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it features a 22 1/4” long, hefty, and wavy blade that was left “in the white” with an elegantly serrated and flared collar around the ricasso, sports a fine dark lacquered twine handle with a metal cap and cross piece around the bottom edge, and is complete with the original Antique Moro Keris Wood Scabbard in Fair Condition, with a hole in the bottom end tip through which the point of the blade lightly protrudes when sheathed, some scattered chipping and cracking around the bottom and lower body, heavy cracking to the lower right side edge, moderate scattered cracking to the upper side edges, some glue repairing at the front and back right throat, most of the back left throat having chipped away, some dark stick tag residue at the middle front throat, and with moderate overall age wear evident. Otherwise, the scabbard is in fair shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it bears a rudimentary extended throat, and the set is a fine example of a rare, original Antique 1900s Philippine Insurrection Moro Keris Native Warrior Kris Sword.