Original British P-1864 Tower-Marked Three Band Snider Rifle dated 1871 - Snider Patent Marked No Return the larger

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This wool officer's filed cap was made in TOKYO before WW2 and bears a trade label IN ENGLISH showing faux coat of arms over:

The rifle features an nice stock with some of the edges still proud over the lock plate

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the US Army's 5th Cavalry machinegunners killed several hundred Japanese in one night using their M1917 Brownings

Original British P-1864 Tower-Marked Three Band Snider Rifle dated 1871 - Snider Patent Marked No Return the largerOriginal item: Only one Available. This may have been one of the LAST SNIDER Rifles to be constructed for Military use in that it is dated 1871, the year the British Government adopted THE MARTINI HENRY system. The Martini took the Military by and forged an Empire for Queen Victoria. This late Snider is marked TOWER 1871 on the Lock Plate and also carries the stamping of the CROWN across its tail. HOWEVER there is NO "V. R." royal cypher. This tells