Original “Attic Find” U.S. Civil War M1860 Light Cavalry Saber by Ames, Dated 1862 with Section of M-1851 Cavalry Belt Attached! Flintlock Muskets and Rifles On the blade's ricasso is

On the blade's  ricasso is the marking ((RZM)) M7/60

was commissioned Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Camp Lejeune

marked with two faded gold letters on the top

intended to aid pilots should they be downed in specific areas

complete with decorative brass mounted steel scabbard

Original “Attic Find” U.S. Civil War M1860 Light Cavalry Saber by Ames, Dated 1862 with Section of M-1851 Cavalry Belt Attached! Flintlock Muskets and Rifles On the blade's ricasso isOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an attractive, and early, Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber by Ames of Chicopee, Massachusetts. An incredible straight out of the woodwork attic find saber that can't come any more untouched than this! The saber has a patina and age that only comes from being unhandled and left for many years. The remnants of an early blackend buff M 1851 Mounted Service (Cavalry) Saber Belt is still attached to the saber via