Original U.S. Civil War Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Emerson & Silver of Trenton New Jersey - Dated 1864 Original Display Machine Guns By WW2 the Germans had

By WW2 the Germans had adopted the Mauser 98K Rifle

but due to the breech cone arrangement this modification could not be practically applied to the M/57 carriage

Field guns were too cumbersome and often too heavy to manoeuvre satisfactorily

The Schwarzlose is one of the most recognizable machine guns of WW 1 because of the long conical flash hider

The original brass data plate reads-

Original U.S. Civil War Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Emerson & Silver of Trenton New Jersey - Dated 1864 Original Display Machine Guns By WW2 the Germans hadOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of the principal cavalry saber used in the U. S. Civil War of 1860 1865. It has all brass mounts with wood with leather wrapped sword grip and fully intact bound brass wire wrap. The curved blade is marked on one side EMERSON & SILVER TRENTON NJ One the other side it is marked U. S. D. F. M 1864 D. F. M was a Union Government Inspector at the sword factory during the period of the Civil War.