Original WWI Infantry Ranging Stake Percusion Muskets The serial number 141204 is

The serial number 141204 is located on the frame

leather headband and brass ringed leather backed chin scales

Covers all prototypes and military Marks: the silenced Sterling-Patchett Mk5

these original covers are almost always missing

We have fewer than a dozen on hand

Original WWI Infantry Ranging Stake Percusion Muskets The serial number 141204 isOriginal Item: Extensively used during WWI and WWII by both the Allies and Axis troops, these steel ring topped 28" stakes were placed around machine gun nests and trench fortifications at predetermined distances and were often incorporated with barbed wire. Once encountered by the opposing attack force the machine gunners and rifleman could immediately zero in on the assailants, knowing the precise range of these obstacles. An unusual infantry