Original U.S. Experimental Springfield M-1884 Chaffee-Reece .45-70 Caliber Bolt Action Rifle - dated 1884 Japanese Uniforms This award was a military

This award was a military service decoration of NSDAP Germany issued for satisfactory completion of a number of years in military service

but was promoted out of the job shortly after

and has the Canadian "Broad Arrow in C" marking stamped on it

There is also a very nice "temple stamp" in the right middle

It could be loaded in any position and fired easily and quickly

Original U.S. Experimental Springfield M-1884 Chaffee-Reece .45-70 Caliber Bolt Action Rifle - dated 1884 Japanese Uniforms This award was a militaryOriginal Item: Only One available. During the late 1870s, the U. S. Army was looking for a replacement for the venerable Springfield Model 1873 single shot rifle with one that had a magazine for additional cartridges. The trapdoor design, like the remington rolling block, was very robust, but not conducive to any type of repeating system conversion. To do this, the Army's ordnance department set up a "Magazine Gun Board" in an attempt to find a