Cavalry Saber
date: label: Date made
content: 1775 - 1780
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Forged steel.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: American-made curved blade cavalry saber. Curved blade sabers were generally used as a slashing and hacking weapon.
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: used
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: American Revolution
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
label: See more items in
content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0370.02
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0370.02
label: accession number
content: 1994.0370
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saber
label: Other Terms
content: Saber; Edged Weapons
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 38 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 97.79 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: blade length: 82.9 cm; x 32 5/8 in