Original RARE U.S. Indian Wars Model 1872 Cavalry OFFICER’S Saber by Springfield Armory (1 of 2,476 Made!) Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly mostly along the edge and

mostly along the edge and tip

and the butt stock was probably damaged at some point

possibly because the etching has worn off the ricasso

the son of a needy clergyman

Wales housed more than its fair share of these exuberant and sometimes brash young men who were

Original RARE U.S. Indian Wars Model 1872 Cavalry OFFICER’S Saber by Springfield Armory (1 of 2,476 Made!) Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly mostly along the edge andOriginal Item: Only One Available This is a fine example of an incredibly rare Indian Wars Model 1872 Cavalry Officers Saber made by Springfield Armory. Springfield Armory only made 2,476 pattern 1872 cavalry officers sabers between 1873 and 1902. They are extremely hard to find. Adopted in 1871, production did not start until 1873, and quantities were only intermittently produced from 1876 to 1902 (with 4 early samples and just 102 in 1876 and then