Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1873 Rifle made in 1879 Updated to Model 1888 - Serial No 111062 Japanese Marines This pistol is somewhat unusual

This pistol is somewhat unusual in that this flintlock pistol may have been an Officer's Private Purchase item

including a large W and British Broad Arrow

had completely wiped out a machine-gun squad of L Company of the 3rd Battalion and G Company of 2nd Battalion except for its commander

handwritten note indicating its use in "1859" suggests that it was used in the Franco-Austrian War which raged that year

This is a nice condition heavy paper map used by German U-Boat captains during WW2

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1873 Rifle made in 1879 Updated to Model 1888 - Serial No 111062 Japanese Marines This pistol is somewhat unusualOriginal Item: Only One available. The U. S. breech loading Springfield "trapdoor" rifle was introduced in 1873 in . 45 70 caliber. Basically it was the rifle the U. S. Army used to open the West and Springfield trapdoor carbines were used by Custer's Cavalry at the massacre at The Little Big Horn. This example has the breech block marking: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod, a