Original British P-1864 Tower-Marked Three Band Snider Rifle dated 1871 - Snider Patent Marked No Return the US Army's 5th Cavalry

the US Army's 5th Cavalry machinegunners killed several hundred Japanese in one night using their M1917 Brownings

the 101st Airborne Division had reorganized sufficiently from the haphazard scattering of its component units and managed to cross the flooded Douve River valley exploiting their superior training and utilizing the few causeways passing through the flooded fields

The original leather chinstrap however is intact

and service histories of both the U

and has been repainted

Original British P-1864 Tower-Marked Three Band Snider Rifle dated 1871 - Snider Patent Marked No Return the US Army's 5th CavalryOriginal 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