Original U.S. Model 1906 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Ames Sword Company - Dated 1906 Royal Air Force 5 inch screw-in cross guard

5 inch screw-in cross guard spikes for hand-to-hand fighting

but it is still quite attractive

1942 - 1943

Published just six weeks after the event

These same paints were used to camouflage helmets as well

Original U.S. Model 1906 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Ames Sword Company - Dated 1906 Royal Air Force 5 inch screw-in cross guardOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M 1906 U. S. Cavalry saber is almost exactly like its forefather, the M 1860 Cavalry Saber, used throughout the Civil War and on America's frontier during the Indian Wars. It was the last curved saber model produced for Cavalry, as with the evolution of vehicular transport horses were to become a thing of the past militarily after WWI. A straight Cavalry Sword, known as the "Patton" sword was introduced in 1913