Original Pre-WWI Imperial Russian Cavalry Shabraque Horse Saddlecloth Original Antique Guns The top of the barrel

The top of the barrel is marked "Old Reliable" in script and SHARPS RIFLE CO

the machined attachment bases for both front and rear sights were converted from the original luminous sights of World War 1 to the nonluminous sights of World War 2

as soldiers march behind with an American flag

The Model of 1863 also differed in barrel length being 8" as opposed to the 6" issue of the Model 1858

Ignatius Paul Pollaky was a "SPECIAL CONSTABLE" who joined the Metropolitan Police in London in 1867 as a SPECIAL CONSTABLE

Original Pre-WWI Imperial Russian Cavalry Shabraque Horse Saddlecloth Original Antique Guns The top of the barrelOriginal Item: Only One Available. Probably the ultimate HORSE BLANKET for the Military Collector, this is a Shabraque (Turkish: aprak), a type of saddlecloth formerly used by European light cavalry. The shabraque was an accoutrement of the hussar cavalry, based on the Hungarian horsemen in Austrian service who were widely imitated in European armies in the 18th and 19th centuries. The shabraque was a large cloth which in its original form, covered