Original U.S. Pre WWI and WWI Cavalry Equipment and Misc. Field Gear Lot - 7 Items German Machine Guns rather than the Turner manufactured

rather than the Turner manufactured item shown here

so it may be solid Nickel Silver

retaining a lot of the proof marks

Year of Manufacture: 1827 - converted 1861

The rifle was equipped with a bayonet lug on the right side of the barrel

Original U.S. Pre WWI and WWI Cavalry Equipment and Misc. Field Gear Lot - 7 Items German Machine Guns rather than the Turner manufacturedOriginal Items: Only One Lot of 7 Available. The United States Cavalry, or U. S. Cavalry was the designation of the mounted force of the United States Army by an act of Congress on 3 August 1861. This act converted the U. S. Army's two regiments of dragoons, one regiment of mounted riflemen, and two regiments of cavalry into one branch of service. The cavalry branch transitioned to the Armored Forces with tanks in 1940, but the term "cavalry", e. g.