Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2600MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: June 02, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Roby Model 1840 Cavalry Saber, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, c. 1865, brass hilt with leather and wire-wrapped grip, engraved on blade side of hand guard J.M. PERKINS, blade marked C. Roby W. Chelmsford Mass on one side and US 1865 on the other, lg. 41 in.
Note: John M. Perkins enlisted in the first Nebraska cavalry January 1865, mustered out July 1st, 1866.
Estimate $600-750