Original U.S. Civil War Era M1860 Light Cavalry Saber by Mansfield and Lamb with Scabbard - Dated 1864 Category_Flintlock Muskets and Rifles The chinstrap is very worn

The chinstrap is very worn

but there is enough here to get started and be put in the right direction possibly if one so desired

while attending a USO show one evening at the Drake Hotel in Chicago

This indicates 1941 manufacture by ERMA-Erfurter Maschinenfabrik B Geipel GmbH

the squadron I was in

Original U.S. Civil War Era M1860 Light Cavalry Saber by Mansfield and Lamb with Scabbard - Dated 1864 Category_Flintlock Muskets and Rifles The chinstrap is very wornOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of the principal cavalry saber used in the U. S. Civil War of 1860 1865. It features all brass mounts, a wood with leather (split) wrapped sword grip and fully intact bound brass wire wrap, and a nice steel scabbard. The leather of the grip is solid and intact, but it does show age and discoloration. There is minor wear through to the wood of the grip, and the original twisted wire brass