Original U.S. WWI Cavalry M1904 Rifle Saddle Scabbard For 1903 Springfield With Fort Sill Training Support Center Rifle Trainer U.S. Documents & Books does not detract from the

does not detract from the outward appearance of the saber

The Government also furnished silk for the parachutes and contracted for the making of the parachutes

This example is offered in excellent condition in brown body color

The top is engraved:-

There are some areas of fouling and oxidation

Original U.S. WWI Cavalry M1904 Rifle Saddle Scabbard For 1903 Springfield With Fort Sill Training Support Center Rifle Trainer U.S. Documents & Books does not detract from theOriginal Item: Only One Available. While scabbards were certainly used to hold rifles during the open range era, those scabbards often held the gun known as the, "Everyman's Gun," the Winchester Model 1873. Interestingly enough, the military scabbards used during the Indian Wars and those used up to and after World War I had something in common: the McClellan saddle. The saddle was designed by George B. McClellan, a career officer in the U. S. Army,