It is in very good antique condition with some light wear as shown
one very good possibility is the following:
The dag is in overall very good antique condition
dressed in his pontifical zouave uniform during his time serving in defense of the Papal States while in exile in Rome
and a repair in the lower-left
1860s CDV Photo Signed ID'd Civil War Soldier 11th New York Cavalry Scott's 900 western It is in very goodRare original CDV of Civil War soldier Richard Dale Arms, 11th regiment, New York Cavalry, Company M known as "Scott's 900". On the front bottom margin of this CDV, Arms has signed, "R. D. Arms", and on the back, "R. D. Arms "M" Co. 11th N. Y. Cav". Arms was born in Buffalo, New York in 1840, enlisted in Buffalo on August 30, 1862. On June 12, 1865, War Department records show that he was "absent on furlough" since February 11, 1864. I found a record