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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> PS - Am I mistaken, or weren't the arsenals available to officers to special make items at their expense (if time allowed)? This would explain the repair tags on the private pur...

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> Raul DuVaul of Saumur, France <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> Perhaps a lot...

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> No doubt the origins of the "bayonet" 1917 were French, but I suspect some of these items were made in America for Americans. Can't prove anything just now, but will k...

Marquis Saddlery was one of prime makers in Paris/France in early part of 20th century, and later became(or bought out by) Hermes. As far as the Ebay story, there's a lotta hoo-ha in that. The bags are for a French officers military saddle - the bayonet style attachments would slide into slots made ...

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> The lack of attention to it is unfortunate, as the lack of study on it means that part of the picture of what was occuring in the post WWI world is sort of missing. How peculiar...

"rank privates"?

I think this discussion is getting out of hand.

Todd H.
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I am not sure that nailing holsters to Pat would advance the investigation, though it might be fun. Joe Of course, with Pat we'll need two sets, seeing as he's in the legal profession.... <img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle> <i>(topic degradation continues unabated)</i> Todd H. -----...

one might ask why there was a need to nail holsters to a saddle if they were already fitted over a horn? Aha! An EXCELLENT opportunity for empirical investigation - I volunteer Pat. Todd H. ------------------------------------------------------- Coincidence, God’s way of remaining anonymous.

Agree to disagree is probably the most enlightened way of looking at the whole thing. That being said, I'll now turn and go the other direction! The crux of the matter seems to lie in the fact that the 1st Dragoon Regiment was equipped with material purchased by the U.S. Army and it's accounting pra...

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(oops, try this link, third letter down)
http://www.militaryhorse.org/1833-drago ... equipments

just elevated our voices to the uninformed. As gentlemen are wont to do - also, "You here have a full description of the U.S. Dragoon Saddle as adopted by Lt Col. Kearney and contracted for by yourself. The tree is composed of four pieces of timber put together, and in shape is an exact model ...

When links get stinky with the forum, just drop 'em in the links submission form ( link is in http://www.militaryhorse.org/links.asp ). ARMOR Magazine now listed there under Professional heading! Todd H. ------------------------------------------------------- Coincidence, God’s way of remaining anon...

Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, and still available from them and other sources like amazon.com in a new paperback, these books are an example of wonderful format, artwork and ease of reading - however, please note that Mr. Steffan was a very skilled Western artist, horseman, collecto...

Simply put, “Man Made Mobile” is probably the most important work regarding North American saddlery of the 19th century to have been published in the past twenty-five years. If you have any interest in the subject, you must obtain a copy. Which might be difficult as it has been out of print and gene...

A nifty little book that should appeal to anyone interested in the post-civil war cavalryman, albeit a sixth month volunteer called out to assist in Indian "suppression". This is essentially a diary maintained by Mr. Spotts during his one-year enlistment in the 19th Kansas Volunteer Cavalr...

"Life in Custer's Cavalry" is an interesting narrative of an interesting and less-examined period of the Custer era, through the insightful letters and diary entries of Albert and Jennie Barnitz. Barnitz was an officer with the 2nd Ohio Cavalry during the Civil War, and participated in man...

"U.S. Military Saddles" - one of the most popular sources of information regarding military saddlery yet published. It's hard to find an avid collector, historian, or similarly obsessed person who doesn't have a copy on their shelf. Indeed, one must put this book on their "Must Have&q...