Original British P-1864 Tower-Marked Three Band Snider Rifle dated 1871 - Snider Patent Marked No Return except for a lateral ridge

except for a lateral ridge where the two halves of the grenade join

A mobile Bereitschaftdienst (BD

This is an excellent condition WW2 Ike jacket (size US 36) that belonged to Lieutenant Mario Fiorito who Enlisted on November 27

The grip is brass wire bound over ray or sharkskin with a brass cypher of the Kaiser in the center

Original British P-1864 Tower-Marked Three Band Snider Rifle dated 1871 - Snider Patent Marked No Return except for a lateral ridgeOriginal 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