What is this? Help identifying hat/sword

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I recently was gifted the following items. I don’t think they are fake. Can anyone help identify them?

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Nice pieces. The kepi is a Sons of Veterans one and the short sword is also post war.
 
No I do not think they are "fake", but both are post Civil War. Regardless of being post Civil War, they are very nice and are historic.
 
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Nice pieces. The kepi is a Sons of Veterans one and the short sword is also post war.
Great gifts! Possibly GAR?
As @ucvrelics has said, the forage cap (looks like a regulation M.1872 in style) is marked with an old English SV for Sons of (Union) Veterans, also known as SVR or Sons of Veterans Reserve, a society which still exists for descendants of Union veterans. The short sword has markings typical of regimental markings used by the Prussian/German forces pre-WWI.
 
Using the book, “Faschinenmesser” by Wolfgang Peter Michel, as a reference, it would appear that this is a model 1849 Preussisches Artillerie-Faschinenmesser. If you look on the spine of the blade toward the hilt you should find something like a crown over W over a two digit number. That indicates its acceptance into the Prussian army. The two digits would be the last two digits of the year. Apparently it got some use. The 30.R.1 indicates which Prussian unit it belonged to. Perhaps 30th​ infantry regiment first company. I am not well-versed in this type of sword.
 
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