CIVIL WAR CAVALRY CARBINE SLING

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Item Code: 1256-28

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This pattern of sling to carry the carry the cavalry carbine was in use from before the Civil War up through the Indian Wars until the introduction of the narrower 1885 pattern. This is an assembled example using original parts, including the leather, that displays very well. Military surplus dealers in many cases cut off the brass buckles and tips for sale as scrap, but kept the leather in hope of some future use. In this case a collector or dealer rebuilt a sling using the leather with its original tip, adding a surplus snap hook swivel and trimmed and pierced the upper end to fit an excavated sling buckle. This measures about 50” overall, not much shorter than uncut slings, which might in any case be buckled up short to accommodate a shorter trooper. The finish is good, showing some wrinkling and creasing from flexing. The swivel is unmarked and one of those omitting the intermediate oval ring between the roller bar and snap hook. The buckle is, clearly an excavated example, showing darker than the tip of the belt, but correct and original. This was fitted to the upper end of the belt by simply adding two holes and not attempting to sew it down- the leather likely being too stiff to fold sharply. At the other end the tongues fasten through two holes near the tip, with one of the holes showing a short tear to the edge of the sling. We see no markings on the sling, but note it has a narrow impressed border line still visible.

This shows well and would look good in a cavalry display.  [sr][ph:L]

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