Original 19th Century U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1873 Trowel Bayonet Manufacture Type_Original Items MODEL 1865

MODEL 1865

The eared brass butt cap displays a grotesque mask and the wood stock is finely carved around tang and fore end

The tang retains the original file marks

the gas masks were thrown away after landing in France

On 21/2 at 17:00 hours they were moved to the chapel at Heden and on 22/2 1944 at 07:00 hours the Wehrmacht moved them to their graves at Odense Assistens Cemetery

Original 19th Century U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1873 Trowel Bayonet Manufacture Type_Original Items MODEL 1865Original Item: Only One Available. Designed to fit a 45 70 Trapdoor Springfield Rifle, these are very rarely seen in any condition, much less good used condition such as this. These will fit any M 1873 Springfield trapdoor rifle that uses a regular ram rod. The rear portion of the socket rotates to allow it to be locked onto the barrel. An ingenious bayonet in the shape of a gardening trowel that when fitted to the muzzle of the rifle can double as an