EARLY CIVIL WAR US BAYONET SCABBARD

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A very good condition regulation scabbard for the socket bayonet used on the Model 1855 .58 Cal. Rifle Musket, and later patterns like the M1861, etc. The scabbard body is solid,  a bit soft, particularly just above the tip, but with no bends or breaks and the attachment to the collar and belt loop is secure. The belt loop is secured to the collar around the throat of the scabbard by stitching and two rivets, an improvement on the use of stitching alone, which eventually extended to the use of more rivets on the belt loop itself and finally with one through the collar and scabbard body. We see two-rivet scabbards used at least as early as Spring 1862 in photos of Union troops in the abandoned Confederate works around Centreville and they may have come into use a good deal earlier. The belt loop is black bridle leather and is unmarked, another early war indication since the army grew more rigorous about makers marking their material in order to hold contractors responsible for substandard word. The scabbard body is firm. The surface shows there were losses to the finish under the black polish, but the collar and loop show just minor scratches, ets. The brass scabbard tip is in place.  [sr] [ph:L]

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