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ROBY MODEL 1860 CAVALRY OFFICER'S SABER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:4,200.00 - 6,000.00 USD
ROBY MODEL 1860 CAVALRY OFFICER'S SABER
RARE C. ROBY & CO. MODEL 1860 CAVALRY OFFICER’S SABER & SCABBARD. Has rare & ornate Staff & Field hilt with half-basket guard with two branches. Pierced floral designs and the letters “US” fill the spaces between the branches. Has wooden grip covered with fish skin and wrapped with twisted gilt wire. Blade is ornately decorated with floral motifs and eagle and is uniquely engraved “Union/1862”. Saber is marked at ricasso and scabbard is marked near throat “C. Roby & Co., W. Chelmsford, Mass.” Side of blade is marked “IRON-PROOF”. Has steel scabbard with brass mounts. Minor denting at tip of scabbard. A similar saber is depicted on Page 322 of Civil War Cavalry and Artillery Sabers by John H. Thillmann. Total length: 37 ¼”, Blade length: 31 ¾”