Original French Modèle 1842 Yataghan Saber Bayonet by Châtellerault with Scabbard - dated 1856 Snider Rifles & Bayonets The United States Navy ordered

The United States Navy ordered 900 fluted cylinder revolvers in May 1861 later issued to ships enforcing the Atlantic and Gulf blockade

17" across the Trunnions

regardless of what happened to it post war

• Original bullet mold

and as this was a standard grade katana

Original French Modèle 1842 Yataghan Saber Bayonet by Châtellerault with Scabbard - dated 1856 Snider Rifles & Bayonets The United States Navy orderedOriginal item: Only One Available. Here we have a very nice example of the French Modle 1842 "Yataghan" saber bayonet, complete with it original heavy steel scabbard. This bayonet replaced the earlier Modle 1840 designed for the M1840 Carabine de Munition (Munition Carbine). That had been the first "Yataghan" bayonet, however the blade was not quite heavy enough, and it has a brass crossguard. The M1842 rectified both of these issues and replaced the