Vintage Colt Rough Rider Bowie Knife Colonel Mosby Tribute.

A vintage Rough Rider type bowie knife made by Colt in tribute to American Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby, known as the Grey Ghost.It has a heavy gauge brass guard and pommel, stag horn grip and a large steel Bowie type blade, etched to one side with the dedication to Mosby and the makers mark of Colt since 1836. It comes in its original leather scabbard, tooled to the front with a rearing horse and with a colt marked press stud.It comes in excellent condition, slight Verdigris to one side of the guars and a few marks to the blade. It measures 16.5 inches long.Ship to UK mainland only. Proof of age required on purchase, over 18's only.John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 – May 30, 1916), also known by his nickname 'Gray Ghost', was an American military officer who was a Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War. His command, the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (known as Mosby's Rangers or Mosby's Raiders) was a partisan ranger unit noted for its lightning-quick raids and its ability to elude Union Army pursuers and blend in with local farmers and townsmen. The area of northern central Virginia in which Mosby operated with impunity became known as Mosby's Confederacy.