Original U.S. Civil War Imported French Second Empire Model 1860 Leather Shako - Original Period Applied Insignia VHS This bayonet was recently acquired

This bayonet was recently acquired from a top European bayonet collector

The production date of 1944 and individual MG contract delivery number

or with the points of the hips very prominent

it was marked for destruction

He produced them in both

Original U.S. Civil War Imported French Second Empire Model 1860 Leather Shako - Original Period Applied Insignia VHS This bayonet was recently acquiredOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful example of a French Second Empire leather shako imported by the Union during the American Civil War. The Second French Empire remained officially neutral throughout the American Civil War and never recognized the Confederate States of America. The United States warned that recognition would mean war. France was reluctant to act without British collaboration, and the British government rejected