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Title:	SABER -  U.S. SABER MODEL 1905/06 EXPERIMENTAL SN# 1
Maker/Manufacturer:	SPRINGFIELD ARMORY
Date of Manufacture:	1906
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 6616
Measurements:	OL: 85CM 33 1/2" BL: 68.5CM 27"

Object Description:

U.S. SABER MODEL 1905/06 EXPERIMENTAL SN# 1
Manufactured by Springfield Armory, Springfield, Ma. in 1906 - Model 1905/06 experimental saber with clipped point designed for dismounted officers and enlisted men. Bright blade with blued steel guard and pommel. Sharkskin grip wound with four strand wire, made of two plain wires and two twisted wires.

Markings:
Ricasso: SA/Ordnance bomb/1906.
Reverse: 1.

Army Ledger: "Saber. Experimental. Brown guard. O.O. 26791-O-757. Enc's 12, 13, 14."

See, Peterson, THE AMERICAN SWORD, pp. 36-37.

References:
Kellerstedt, Burton A. SWORDS AND SABERS OF THE ARMORY AT SPRINGFIELD. Burton A. Kellerstedt. New Britain, Ct. 1998.

The National Park Service and the US Army are interested in any information of the following saber: Army #1463 - US M1906 EXPERIMENTAL CAVALRY SABER SN# 2