Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard by Rock Island Resin Guns and Grenades Black wool top with black

Black wool top with black over red hair Hackle plume

This helmet is heat lot stamped 726C which indicates the approximate manufacture date of December 1943

the 325th's action in Germany ended with the Regiment driving deep into the heart of Germany

There is also some surface rust

with Dresden as the major city

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard by Rock Island Resin Guns and Grenades Black wool top with blackOriginal Item: Only One Available. The model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield was the first standard issue breech loading rifle adopted by the United States Army. The gun, in both full length and carbine versions, was widely used in subsequent battles against the American Indians. It was the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. The model 1873 was the fifth