Anyone ever seen one of these?

Old military cavalry farrier's forge methinks, it's been covered here on IFI some time in the past.

It is a US Cavalry pack forge. I got one unused when I served my horseshoeing apprenticeship at Fort Riley Kansas a hundred years or so ago. The blower and a TINY anvil and the legs all went inside the forge box and went on one side of a pack mule or in a wagon.They were meant to be support forges for troops on maneuvers. I was looking at mine under the bench the other day and occurred to me that I am the one who wore it out!!! Feels strange.A surplus outfit in Southern Calif. bought all the remaining ones from the government in the early fifties. They sawed off a few inches of the tuyere that bolted to the blower and sold blower and section of pipe (fraudulently) to unsuspecting dumb dumbs to supply air to their bomb shelters during the bomb shelter craze of that era!!!
There you have it... Eric Sprado

I have one, the blower and the legs come off and fit in the box, I have this for a winter project this year, refurbing it. My legs are round, and the blower clamps with a bolt & handle combination.

Fairly common, I have a friend with the naval version of one and our club sold one this year that had been a gift.

Fairly common, I have a friend with the navel version of one and our club sold one this year that had been a gift.

As much as I enjoy the imagery I certainly hope you mean "naval". :lol:

i also have one of these with the blower but without the anvil, where can you find the anvil and how old are these and what are they worth

Depends a lot on condition and location neither of which you mention. Generally between US$80 to US$300 (for a complete, mint, original paint, never used one!)

The anvil can be any good small anvil---we're using these things not collecting them!