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Object Name |
Holster |
Object Number |
1934.773.1C |
Collection |
Webb Cook Hayes |
Description |
leather holster for scabbard; has body which envelopes the scabbard and has wound belt attached with metal buckle; |
Dimensions |
H-8.071 inches |
Dimension Details |
belt is approx 30 cm long |
Material |
leather; metal; |
Provenance |
Holster for scabbard and sword captured at the battle of Tien Tsin, China in the assault on the arsenal by allied forces, July 13, 1900. Colonel E. H. Liscom, 9th Infantry, commanding the United States forces was killed. Presented to Colonel Webb C. Hayes on return from China with the body of Col. Liscomm to Omaha on December 8, 1900. |