Original U.S. Pre WWI and WWI Cavalry Equipment and Misc. Field Gear Lot - 7 Items German Machine Guns The rifle was equipped with

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

rather than the Turner manufactured item shown here

incredible quality

Year of Manufacture: 1827 - converted 1861

Original U.S. Pre WWI and WWI Cavalry Equipment and Misc. Field Gear Lot - 7 Items German Machine Guns The rifle was equipped withOriginal 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.