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ca. 1870 HOFFMAN SWIVEL BAYONET SCABBARD:
A relatively scarce example of the scabbard adopted by
the Ordnance Board on June 10, 1870, this Hoffman Patent
Swivel Bayonet Scabbard was manufactured at the
Watervliet Arsenal, is so marked on the leather frog,
and was issued in conjunction with the 1871 Trial
Rifles. The metal scabbard still has the blued finish
and has a couple very minor spots of very light pitting,
really unnoticeable. The “long loop” leather frog and
swivel are intact and undamaged. All of the stitching
is intact and the brass swivel turns smoothly without
being loose. The leather surface of the frog is
excellent with no crazing or flaking, with an overall
smooth, bright finish, with the belt loop showing only
the slightest crazing where it would normally flex. The
leather socket is legibly marked “WATERVLIET ARSENAL”
and the reverse of the belt loop is stamped “13”,
probably a unit inventory number. (1008) $160
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