Spur ID

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Can anyone help with this spur as far as model, manufacturer, etc... One person I spoke with thought it may be an 1885 Cavalry spur.
 

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Your spur looks very much like a US model 1859 spur. However you have a very unique bend to the portion that holds the rowel, and I can't find an example of that exact spur. I don't have a copy of Crouch's book, but I was using the spur book by Bob Baird, PhD.
 
post it on Treasure Depot. Relic forum. there are guys there with massive collections of spurs and stuff, and they own every book on them.

nice... I agree with Duggap.. need other book.
 
Thanks for the help everyone. It definitely has a different look to it than most. That right angle at the back is very unique for sure.
 
Great find! I found one very similar a couple of years ago, but it had the Confederate style strap ends

I posted it on another forum and someone that had Crouch’s book looked it up...it wasn’t there. The thinking now is that it is civilian maybe.
 
Could be civilian or a union spur, but for sure an 1800's type . Congrats on a finding pretty much a complete one . Most of the time you end up with only half of one or a piece of it. Congrats on a nice piece of early history.
 
It Is!

You have an 1859 Civil War Calvary Spur, so congratulations!

Yep, it is bent a tad but that's okay. I have found a number of these that are bent, it's not uncommon. So, there were a ton of private contractors that serviced Uncle Sam so there may be variances on some of the different styles.

Good find!
 
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