Original Sands of Iwo Jima Film Prop U.S. Browning 1918 BAR Display Gun with Certificate of Authenticity Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia The Model 1840 Cavalry Saber

The Model 1840 Cavalry Saber was based on the 1822 French hussar's sabre

which provides the power to the system

The Scabbard's top mount also bears the owner's name (faintly):

Right side of action is marked:

Original Sands of Iwo Jima Film Prop U.S. Browning 1918 BAR Display Gun with Certificate of Authenticity Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia The Model 1840 Cavalry SaberOriginal Item: Only One Available. Sands Of Iwo Jima (1949) is one of the most acclaimed WW II movie ever made. So accurate a portray of the famous Battle of Iwo Jima, culminating in the famous "Raising of the Flag" over Mount Sunibachi, that the Marine Corps allowed the production to not only use the actual flag that was raised on that fateful February 23rd, 1945, but utilized three of the actual Marines who originally held the flag up in the scene