Original British WWI Lee-Metford Carbine dated 1894 Converted to L.E.C. MkI* in 1903 with New Zealand Surcharge - Serial 1699 Category_Receiver and is only below a

and is only below a "Field Marshall" in rank

There are some bends in the scabbard towards the drag

The unit immediately relocated to Camp Forrest

" mounted into a typically tradition horn Ottoman hilt of the era

Original British WWI Lee-Metford Carbine dated 1894 Converted to L.E.C. MkI* in 1903 with New Zealand Surcharge - Serial 1699 Category_Receiver and is only below aOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is one rare bird, and probably the first time we have had an example of one of these rare carbines! It started life as an 1894 dated Lee Metford MkI . 303 caliber carbine, and then was converted to a Lee Enfield Cavalry Carbine MkI* in 1903. It still retains the early pattern "dust cover" for the bolt, as well as the magazine cutoff, which were very often removed later. As a cavalry carbine it has a down turned