Original U.S. WWI Cavalry M1904 Rifle Saddle Scabbard For 1903 Springfield With Fort Sill Training Support Center Rifle Trainer U.S. Documents & Books The Government also furnished silk

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

The top is engraved:-

Springfield model 1870 Remington—Navy

There are some areas of fouling and oxidation

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Original U.S. WWI Cavalry M1904 Rifle Saddle Scabbard For 1903 Springfield With Fort Sill Training Support Center Rifle Trainer U.S. Documents & Books The Government also furnished silkOriginal 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,