Is this Civil War saddle and gun holster. Lots of pictures

[Roadquest]

A friend bought them at a flea market in Colonial Height Virginia. Most all metal on it is brass. It has 11 1/2 inch seat on the piece of brass.
The gun holsters have US on the brass pieces. The gun holsters are at 7" long. I will answer any questions.

Roadquest

 

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[mrs.oroblanco]

Great pieces you have there.

Yep - those saddles were made for the animals, not the riders.

However, in an old manual that I have somewhere, it was thought that "male parts" might be made more comfortable for long rides while using this saddle. (they didn't much care about their arses)

Beth

 

[DirtyMike]

The saddle is for sure post civil war and is a McClellend saddle and the things with the US rosette things are post war blinders.