Original U.S. Early Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle made in 1875 with 2 Notch Tumbler, Long Wrist & Buffington Sight - Serial 56152 Japanese Uniforms engaging in multiple skirmishes until

engaging in multiple skirmishes until they had passed Sassetta

showing the rifle passed the barrel overpressure testing

This is a very nice Pre-WWII German Postschutz Postal Protection Organization EM/NCO Belt Buckle (Koppelschloß)

giving a distinctive bell shape

Receiving and screening one to two hundred men a day was a pretty big order for the 517th

Original U.S. Early Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle made in 1875 with 2 Notch Tumbler, Long Wrist & Buffington Sight - Serial 56152 Japanese Uniforms engaging in multiple skirmishes untilOriginal Item: Only One available. This is a VERY early example of the classic Springfield trapdoor rifle, with some features that were removed in the subsequent years. The most noticeable of these is the early 1st pattern "long wrist" on the stock, and the early breech block with a "high arch" on the underside. This is the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in