Marine Corps history states that a sword of this type was presented to Marine First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon by the Ottoman Empire viceroy, Prince Hamet, on December 8, 1805, during the First Barbary War, as a gesture of respect and praise for the Marines' actions at the Battle of Derne.
sword | With Fire and Sword | Heavenly Sword | Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword | Sword bayonet | Sword | Sword of Honour | Order of Saint James of the Sword | Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword | Viking sword | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield#Athena Sword | The Shield and the Sword | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | The Irish Sword | Sword of the Stranger | Sword of Justice | Sword Fern | Savage Sword of Conan | Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance | Livonian Brothers of the Sword | Hellboy: Sword of Storms | Gold Sword for Bravery | Contest to kill 100 people using a sword | With Fire and Sword (film) | ''With Fire and Sword'' | Westall's ''The Sword of Damocles | Vanessa Beeman during the ''ceremony of the Sword'' at the Gorseth Kernow 2007. | Tsurugi (sword) | The Sword of Truth | The Sword of Tipu Sultan |