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An elaborate Celtic scabbard of 1-200 AD, in two colours of bronze 1916 Leather Scabbard for a saddle lever-action rifle of Jack Peters, a ranch hand that worked on the Grant-Kohrs Ranch, in Powell County, Montana. A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword, dagger, knife, or similar edged weapons.
The entrenching tool helve and bayonet scabbard can also be seen. The 1908 equipment, when fully assembled, formed a single piece, and could be put on or taken off like a jacket. Ammunition was stored in two sets of pouches attached to the belt at the front, and the straps from these passed over the shoulders, crossing diagonally at the back.
The scabbard itself was typically made of wood or leather, and the inside was often lined with fleece or fur. The inside might have also been greased or oiled to prevent the sword from rusting. [44] Some scabbards were further protected by a metal binding at their neck (known as a frog or locket) and a chape at the bottom. [45]
The Pattern 1907 bayonet was supplied with a simple leather scabbard fitted with a steel top-mount and chape, and usually carried from the belt by a simple frog. The Pattern 1907 bayonet attaches to the SMLE by a boss located below the barrel on the nose of the rifle and a mortise groove on the pommel of the bayonet. [2] [4]
The leather was coloured according to regiment. It was left buff and then coloured black for rifle regiments , and whitened on the outer surfaces for infantry regiments. [ 1 ] A pouch with a reserve magazine (for the Lee-Metford / Lee-Enfield rifle), like a spade, was worn only with the appropriate order.
The scabbard "chape" is labelled 10. Scabbard chape from the St Ninian's Isle Treasure Illustration of the Thorsberg chape showing the runic inscriptions on both sides. Chape has had various meanings in English, but the predominant one is a protective fitting at the bottom of a scabbard or sheath for a sword or dagger (10 in the diagram). [1]
The scabbard was made of steel, hanging from a leather strap, and was 22.7 cm long. A total of 101750 [27] was manufactured by Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk, Husqvarna and Steyr. Bayonet M/1912 was constructed during the development of the "short rifle" that became the M1912 carbine. It was significantly longer than the M/1894, to maintain the "reach ...
Scabbard/sheath Leather or Steel The Model 1850 Army Staff and Field Officer 's Sword was carried by all members of staff departments, Field Grade officers of Artillery and Infantry , Company Grade Officers of Light Artillery, Staff Officers and Aides-de-Camp between 1850 and 1872.