US Army Spurs

Started by Grapeshot, November 13, 2007, 01:21:05 PM

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Grapeshot

Anyone out there making the Nickle Steel spurs that were adopted just prior to the 1st World War?
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  Don't think so, but originals are available and reasonably priced
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The replica spurs seem to stop with the Model 1885.

Original-issue spurs are available - with ones marked 'A.B.' being perhaps the most common.

Those were made by August Buermann, and he made a helluva lot of them.

Prices for originals vary - depending on what the seller thinks he has.

Original spur straps are also available - they're marked 'US' - but by this stage of the game, they're usable as patterns only, since most are a bit too dry for service use.

There's a top strap and a bottom strap - and Officers used spur chains, as well.

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Howdy,

They regularly appear on eBay in the Militaria - WWI listings.  As others have said, the usually are not very expensive.  Some have straps and most don't.
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