Original U.S. Civil War Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Emerson & Silver - Dated 1864 17th Century The model 1935 uniform did

The model 1935 uniform did not feature shoulder boards as the communist thinking at the time is that shoulder boards were a bourgeois indication of the Imperialist era

This is most likely a reproduction hilt and scabbard mounted to an original blade

The leather sweatband is 1 3/8" wide

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but looks like a few inches have broken off

Original U.S. Civil War Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Emerson & Silver - Dated 1864 17th Century The model 1935 uniform didOriginal Item: One Only. This is a nice service used Union cavalry trooper's curved M 1860 saber made by Emerson & Silver of Trenton, New Jersey. It is in very nice honest matured condition. The markings are somewhat clear and the brass hilt is in good shape with a nice honest patina with a tight guard. The leather grip binding and the wire wrap are both present and still mostly solid. The saber comes complete with its original all steel scabbard,