Here's the Ohio State University ROTC sword. 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 but it does look like OSU's colors. 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. This is on OSU's ROTC history page.
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