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Crossed Sabres

by | Jun 28, 2010 | Art, Guns and Culture

The cutting edge of Indian War cavalry lots at two respectable firearms auctions.
The two crossed sabres insignia, cutting edge up, marked the hats of two different cavalrymen from the beginning and the end of the Indian Wars. The Indian Wars relic was a blue wool forage cap that dates between 1851, when the insignia first appeared on the cap, and 1895, when the cap’s design was modified  from the relic’s square brim to


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