Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with Partial Scabbard Bayonets There is also an ink

There is also an ink stamp reading BSP - RE on the crown of the cap

the personnel and units of the 1st Cavalry Division

000 POWs were forced to march westward across Poland

The bolt handle "knob" is officially "flattened" because it caused issues with the mount by rubbing in it's neck

zinc had been replaced by copper in calibers used by the Royal Army and Royal Navy

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with Partial Scabbard Bayonets There is also an inkOriginal Item: Only One Available. The model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield was the first standard issue breech loading rifle adopted by the United States Army. The gun, in both full length and carbine versions, was widely used in subsequent battles against the American Indians. It was 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 1876. The model 1873 was the fifth