Original U.S. Civil War M-1850 Style German Imported Non-Regulation Cavalry Officer’s Sword & Scabbard with Etched Blade Category_Accessories for the 1st Battalion

for the 1st Battalion

The flag was crudely folded into a triangle and displayed in a small box in the museum

The lower left corner has a Deutsches Reichsbahn issue stamp

the SS lead by Heinrich Himmler was to become far more powerful in NSDAP Germany

Original U.S. Civil War M-1850 Style German Imported Non-Regulation Cavalry Officer’s Sword & Scabbard with Etched Blade Category_Accessories for the 1st BattalionOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1840 there was a decision to reform the swords used by the Regular Army. This may have been prompted by the creation of the dragoon regiments during the 1830s and dissatisfaction with the model 1833 Dragoon Saber design. In 1839 the War Department ordered a number of European edge weapons of various designs for testing. It convened a board of officers by authority of an order issued August 28, 1840 to study the