A dug Confederate cavalry spur recovered from the Chancellorsville battlefield. Brass-bodied, with slotted heel bands on both sides for securing the leather strap, and remains of an iron rowel at the tip of the shank — now heavily corroded/reduced, consistent with a period ground-recovered relic paired with a dissimilar-metal rowel. Overall brass patina with oxidation and corrosion concentrated at the iron rowel remnant, typical of a battlefield dug example of this type. No maker’s marks are visible.

Brass-bodied spurs fitted with iron rowels were a common combination among Confederate cavalrymen, and examples of this type are routinely encountered on battlefields where mounted actions took place. Chancellorsville (April 30–May 6, 1863) saw extensive cavalry activity on the Confederate right and in the screening actions around the battlefield, making recovered equestrian equipment such as this a logical and desirable field find from the engagement.

Condition: Relic/dug condition, brass body with good surviving detail, iron rowel reduced by corrosion (period loss), heel bands intact. A solid, honest example for the Confederate cavalry equipment collector.   [jet][PH:L]

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