CIVIL WAR (LATER PERIOD)/REPLICA SADDLE W/STIRRUPS-FITTINGS-PERIOD SADDLE SHIELD

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CIVIL WAR (LATER PERIOD) / REPLICA SADDLE WITH STIRRUPS AND STRAPS - TWO EXTRA STIRRUPS WITH LEATHER COVERS -SADDLE FITTINGS AND LEAD STRAP -CIVIL WAR PERIOD SADDLE SHIELD - ALLEGHENY ARSENAL 1861 - THE BLACK LEATHER SADDLE MEASURES 19 1/2" BY 13 1/2" BY 9" TALL - VERY GOOD CONDITION OR BETTER - HAS ALL THE METAL FITTING LIKE THE ORIGINAL PERIOD ONES - NOT SURE WHAT AGE- PERIOD THE SADDLE IS FROM - LATER 1800S EARLY 1900S -YOU BE THE JUDGE - ONLY REAL WEAR IS ON THE TWO BELLY STRAP PIECES - SADDLE ALSO HAS A SEPARATE QUIDON FLAG POLE HOLDER - BEAUTIFUL WOODEN STIRRUPS - (4 INCLUDED) WITH LEATHER COVERS - SEE PHOTOS FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL SADDLE - A WONDERFUL DISPLAY PIECE- THE McCLELLAN SADDLE WAS ENVELOPED AND USED BY THE U S CAVALRY IN 1859 FROM DESIGNS OF LATER UNION  GENERAL GEORGE McCELLAN - THE DESIGN WAS SO GOOD IT REMAINED A STANDARD THROUGHT THE INDIAN WARS - SPANISH- AMERICAN WAR - UP THE SECOND WORLD WAR WITH THE U S CAVALRY - SOME MINOR CHANGES - IT HAS REMAINED THE STANDARD WITH U S ARMY CEREMONIAL UNITS - MAY BE ONE OF THOSE - A CLASSIC - SELDOM SEE A SADDLE WITH THESE MANY FITTINGS AND IN THIS OUTSTANDING CONDITION- ONE NOT TO MISS FOR A CAVALRY DISPLAY OR LIVING HISTORY REENACTOR - GREAT COLLECTIBLE