Original U.S. Civil War Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber by Emerson & Silver of Trenton New Jersey - Dated 1865 U.S. Helmets/Hats it makes a good story

it makes a good story but the collector from whom this came swore up and down that it was recovered from the Chesapeake Bay after almost 200 years of being encased in solid hard silt on the bottom of the bay

marked STG 44 and dated 1945

The rifle features an excellent un-sanded stock with visible SWP 1890 cartouche

the 39" Barrel and the Ramrod

quite literally

Original U.S. Civil War Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber by Emerson & Silver of Trenton New Jersey - Dated 1865 U.S. Helmets/Hats it makes a good storyOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of the principal cavalry saber used in the U. S. Civil War of 1860 1865. It has all brass mounts with wood with leather wrapped sword grip and fully intact bound brass wire wrap. The curved blade is marked on one side EMERSON & SILVER TRENTON NJ One the other side it is marked U. S. JM 1865 JM was a Union Government Inspector at the sword factory during the period of the Civil War. The