Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1893 - Serial No 562501 Brown Bess 1944 to February 14th

1944 to February 14th

In April and early May

ditches or enemy erected anti-troop stakes (called by pilots in Normandy "Rommel's asparagus")

COLTS PATENT NO 1375 PAT

Hit communications lines and other targets during March and April 1945 to support the advance of British Eighth Army in northern Italy

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1893 - Serial No 562501 Brown Bess 1944 to February 14thOriginal Item: Only One available. The U. S. breech loading Springfield "trapdoor" rifle was introduced in 1873 in . 45 70 caliber. Basically it was the rifle the U. S. Army used to open the West and Springfield trapdoor carbines were used by Custer's Cavalry at the massacre at The Little Big Horn. This example has the breech block marking: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod, a