Ohio State University ROTC 1902 sword

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Picked up this Ohio State University ROTC sword at an antique shop Sunday. The 5-digit number is the same I've seen on another OSU sword so not sure what it is. No sword image I've found so far has a painted scabbard like this, but it does look like OSU's colors. More so in real time, the photo is darker than reality. Having gone through ROTC myself, no swords that I can remember, I don't think they would approve of alteration of this type but who knows. I have not found a good photo with these swords in it. I found one that has an older model sword and one that has this model, but they cut the photo off just below the handle. The second photo is on OSU's ROTC history page.