EARLY CIVIL WAR US BAYONET SCABBARD

EARLY CIVIL WAR US BAYONET SCABBARD

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Item Code: 172-6059

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US regulation scabbard for the socket bayonet used on the Model 1855 .58 Cal. Rifle Musket, and later patterns like the M1861, etc. This is in good condition, showing issue and use, with some crackling and old finish loss under a black polish, a small hole through an outer corner of the belt loop. The body is fairly stiff and has a bend toward the tip, but with a good seam on the reverse. The scabbard tip has some age stains and minor dings, and is missing the pins on one side, but is in place and just slightly loose. The belt loop has a small hole through one corner and is secured to the collar around the throat of the scabbard by stitching and two rivets, an improvement on the use of stitching alone, which eventually extended to the use of more rivets on the belt loop itself and finally with one through the collar and scabbard body. We see two-rivet scabbards used at least as early as Spring 1862 in photos of Union troops in the abandoned Confederate works around Centreville and they may have come into use a good deal earlier. The belt loop is black bridle leather and is unmarked, another early war indication since the army grew more rigorous about makers marking their material.  [sr] [ph:L]

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