12-01-201212-01-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
December 1, 2012 10:00 AMCalender
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Roby Model 1840 Cavalry Saber

Sell one like this
$510$425
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2623MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: December 01, 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

Keywords

John M. Perkins, hand guard, Massachusetts, Chelmsford, United States, Nebraska