"1892 US Military Bayonet w/ leather "Cavalry" style scabbard" -"picket pin"-
I inherited this bayonet from family. These are unusual and not typically commonly found. Brown leather scabbard was for the US Army McClellan horse cavalry saddle, the "picket pin"; the soldier regularly used this as a stake for securing his horse when encamped in the field. It often served double duty as a scabbard for the rifle bayonet, as a secondary weapon to carry into battle, cavalrymen had no bayonet...they were issued a carbine and cavalry saber. It is said that this short edged weapon was very handy in battle, so he pulled his picket pin scabbard, into which it fit quite well. This specimen has the safety retaining strap but missing the brass stud, steel hangar ring and the bayonet is dated 1896. The two straps small mounting straps and buckles that held it to the saddle, deliberately removed as not necessary if one intends to carry this rig on his waistband. Spanish American War. The soldiers would also use these when ordered to dismount with carbine only and to dismount to advance on foot, as infantry and engage enemy hand to hand. The grips are made of Walnut
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