Original U.S. Model 1906 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Ames Sword Company - Dated 1906 No Return Many officers and experienced Cossacks

Many officers and experienced Cossacks fought for the White Army

Romantic and is just what the Barbary Pirates would have carried

In World War I they took part in the Gallipoli Campaign with the 29th Indian Brigade and the Mesopotamia Campaign with the 51st Indian Brigade

The document shows yellowing typical of age

Although no major use was made of the Prussian cavalry in both the Danish (1864)

Original U.S. Model 1906 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Ames Sword Company - Dated 1906 No Return Many officers and experienced CossacksOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M 1906 U. S. Cavalry saber is almost exactly like its forefather, the M 1860 Cavalry Saber, used throughout the Civil War and on America's frontier during the Indian Wars. It was the last curved saber model produced for Cavalry, as with the evolution of vehicular transport horses were to become a thing of the past militarily after WWI. A straight Cavalry Sword, known as the "Patton" sword was introduced in 1913