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US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE

US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE
US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE
US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE
US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE
US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE
US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE
US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE
US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE
US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE
US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE
US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE
US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE

US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE

The US Cavalry was held in reserve during WW1, ready to exploit an infantry breakthrough that never came. The Cavalry was used mostly to escort officers and supply convoys, and to provide guard for headquarters. Cavalrymen carried their spare gear and horse grooming implements in the classic M-1904 leather saddle bags.

This pair of US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS are in good condition, with some drying to the upper left middle connector, some scattered drying, scratching, and spot darkening to the rest of the middle connector, a small surface tear in the bottom right bag, a scratch to the lower right flap of the left bag, a few small nicks in the upper left flap of the left bag, moderate darkening at the right front and the right underside of the flap of that left bag, moderate darkening and whitening to the lower back left bag, some darkening and whitening to the lower back right bag, some drying to the bottom of each bag, some scattered curling and darkening to the closure straps of each bag, some verdigris to the darkened brass rivets around each interior top bag, missing the canvas liner from the left bag, and with some overall age wear evident (most pictured). Otherwise, the bags are in fine shape, with no other damage to the tough pebbled brown leather construction. Most interestingly, they bear the classic oval "US" stamping with serifs at each main flap, sport fully intact leather strap and darkened brass buckle closures at each side, and are marked at the lower left connector with their maker and date, "LONG / 1918". A fine example of very rare, original US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS, and a great relic of a bygone era, that of the legendary US Cavalry, traveling "forty miles a day on beans and hay". The item "US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE" is in sale since Tuesday, August 23, 2016.

This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\WW I (1914-18)\Original Period Items\United States\Personal, Field Gear". The seller is "abramsantiques" and is located in Burlingame, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.


US Army WW1 CAVALRY M-1904 LEATHER SADDLE BAGS 1918 Vtg Horse Riding RARE