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This scabbard was made with a black lacquered leather body and sheet brass mounts. The throat mount is held to the leather with two small copper colored rivets on each side, close to the lower edge. The tip mount does not have rivets and appears to have been glued to the leather. The leather body appears to have been contoured to the shape of the curved blade. The leather side of both the throat and tip mounts have straight edges that are perpendicular to the leather body. The overall length is approximately 555 millimeters long.
There are two sets of parallel lines impressed into the front side of the leather that runs from mount to mount.
There is a small 15 millimeter domed brass frog stud brazed to the lower right side of the throat mount. A brass plate with a blade shaped opening appears to have been brazed to the throat mount. The throat mount is 64 millimeters long and 42 millimeters wide.
The tip mount is 75 millimeters long and 32 mm wide at the leather side, which then tapers to a narrow end closed with a finial cap.
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Speculation and questions
The only observed example was found on a P.S. Justice T2B bayonet and it is believed to be original to that bayonet. The period of production is most likely early US Civil War (1860 to 1861).
This variation is almost identical to Scabbard Type 3, Variation H, except for the overall length and the construction of the tip mounts. Certainly made by the same manufacturer.
This variation is also similar to another rarely seen Scabbard Type 3, Variation E. The shape of the blade opening in the top mount is different. The construction of the tip mount is different and Variation E is noticeably larger in almost every detail.
The number of surviving examples of this scabbard is very low but the P.S. Justice bayonets are fairly common. I believe that poor leather quality and time has taken a heavy toll. The recorded scabbard example is in very fragile condition.
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