Original U.S. WWI Cavalry Vickers Machine Gun Pack Saddle Garand & U.S. Rifles Twenty-four men were present when

Twenty-four men were present when the bomb detonated

The other side of the blade ricasso is marked:

Here is a fantastic account of the 47th Squadron flying against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War:

and the central portion was refurbished post war

and other objectives

Original U.S. WWI Cavalry Vickers Machine Gun Pack Saddle Garand & U.S. Rifles Twenty-four men were present whenOriginal Item: Only One Available. The horse had always been a major part of the Armed Forces in any country and Cavalry was often the deciding factor in winning or losing a battle before 1916. Horses were therefore readily available to soldiers and were an obvious solution to the problems that faced the men of Machine Gun units when it came to transporting Vickers (or Maxim) guns. The opening paragraph of the Packsaddlery section in the April, 1918