Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Georgia Arsenal Type D-Guard Large Bowie Knife Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia as evidenced by the style

as evidenced by the style and condition

A great piece of militaria

wartime markings and stenciling

The leather is however torn around the grommet that secures the screw cap

Both blade and scabbard throat are unit marked S

Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Georgia Arsenal Type D-Guard Large Bowie Knife Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia as evidenced by the styleOriginal item: Only One Available. There is probably no more iconic Civil War image than the young Confederate soldier marching off to war with a large fighting knife in his hand or belt. Early war southern ambrotypes and tintypes offer a big variety and sometimes comical fighting knives of various types, often made by local blacksmiths for the boys of 1861 to take to war. The classic southern fighting knife was usually quite large and robust, with an