Original Confederate Civil War M1840 Heavy Cavalry Sword made in Columbia S.C. U.S. Ammo Belt Adjustable to sizes: 48-52

Belt Adjustable to sizes: 48-52 inches

Beautifully manufactured

press stud is missing male side

For years we could not understand the significance of the brass lip but recently learned that it was to prevent rodents from climbing up the sides of the keg to get at the grog

A wonderful very hard to find flag

Original Confederate Civil War M1840 Heavy Cavalry Sword made in Columbia S.C. U.S. Ammo Belt Adjustable to sizes: 48-52Original Item: One Only. This is a Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Sword made in 1851 by the PALMETTO ARMORY of COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. The owner of Palmetto Armory, WILLIAM GLAZER had been a manufacturer's Representative Agent for the AMES SWORD COMPANY of CHICOPEE, MASS. In 1851 he ceased business with the Ames Sword Company and started his own venture as Palmetto Armory. Later. In 1851 he received a U. S. Government order for 2,000 of these M 1840 Heavy