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Title:	SABER -  U.S. SABER MODEL 1906 EXPERIMENTAL CAVALRY SN# 3
Maker/Manufacturer:	SPRINGFIELD ARMORY
Date of Manufacture:	1906
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 6617
Measurements:	OL: 97.7C 38 1/2" BL: 80.6C 31 3/4"

Object Description:

U.S. SABER MODEL 1906 EXPERIMENTAL CAVALRY SN# 3
Manufactured by Springfield Armory, Springfield, Ma. - Manufactured by Springfield Armory, Springfield, Ma. - Model 1906 Cavalry saber. Slightly curved, single-edged, blade. Fuller runs 18" length of blade. Long iron grips, covered with fish skin and wound with two strands of twisted and two strands of plain brass wire. Pommel is capped with iron. Guard is sheet blue metal which expands from the knuckle-bow to form a roughly oval counter-guard.

Markings:
Ricasso: S.A./Ordnance bomb. Reverse: 3.

Army Ledger: "Sabre Experimental. Brown guard. O.O. 26791-0-757. Enc's 12, 13, 14.

O.O. 26 791-0-757-Enc's 12,13,14. See, Peterson, THE AMERICAN SWORD, 1775-1945, pp. 36-37.

References:
Peterson, Harold L. THE AMERICAN SWORD 1775-1945. Dover Publications, Inc. Mineola, NY. 2003.