Jerry Cates was a well respected contemporary spur maker who was posthumously honored by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum with the Chester A. Reynolds Award for his contribution to the legacy of the American West. The wide heel bands have Cates' mark near the medial swinging buttons, double mounted with lightly engraved silver panels and the connected "MV" brand logo, and drop shanks with chap guards ending in toothed rowels. With floral pattern tooled leather straps. Heel band width: 1 1/8" Shanks: 2 1/4" Rowel diameter: 1 1/4" Heel opening: 3 3/8".

Very fine, showing mostly a grey-brown patina and bright silver mountings with some scattered light oxidation. The leather straps are also very fine with minimal wear.