Original U.S. Civil War Enlisted Man’s Brass Shoulder Scales Category_Snider Rifle Accessories We do not know whether

We do not know whether the wear is from combat

or possibly was originally finished black

and first flew in September 1923

and is dated December 1945 on the blade tang

whatever one wants to call it

Original U.S. Civil War Enlisted Man’s Brass Shoulder Scales Category_Snider Rifle Accessories We do not know whetherOriginal Items: Only One Set Available. Complete pair of Civil War Shoulder Scales with mounting implements. Light artillery, cavalry troops, and some Non Commissioned Officers, musicians and privates of infantry units went to the front decorated with brass scales on their shoulders. Shoulder scales were originally designed to be a form of body armor. The idea was that if a soldier wearing these was struck down by a swordsman, the blow would be