Original U.S. Civil War Scarce J. Henry & Son Pennsylvania Home Guard Percussion "Saber Rifle" with Unit Marking - 1 of 70 Manufactured Sept. 1861 - March 1862 German Machine Guns The back retains a certificate

The back retains a certificate of authenticity and an old envelope that the signature purportedly came in

and contact with the leather has turned some parts an orange color

It is one often referred to as “the officer’s pattern”

with a great worn look and they also show cleaning from some type of mild abrasive

Original U.S. Civil War Scarce J. Henry & Son Pennsylvania Home Guard Percussion "Saber Rifle" with Unit Marking - 1 of 70 Manufactured Sept. 1861 - March 1862 German Machine Guns The back retains a certificateOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely patinated example of an extremely scarce Civil War rifle musket, the first that we have been able to offer in many years of business. The J. Henry & Son firm has a history dating back to before the French & Indian war, when William Henry started making firearms in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for British Colonial forces. He even took the field himself as an armorer during the campaign to recapture Fort