Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Rifle in 7.5×55mm - Serial No 151338 British Holsters Probably German WW1 issue or

Probably German WW1 issue or Finnish manufacture

The stock also is engraved with 38 / A on the spine of the butt stock

based on the discovery there of buttons that were thought to be part of a staff officer's uniform which doctors would wear

waist brown leather belts with brass fittings

Following the adoption of a khaki service dress

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Rifle in 7.5×55mm - Serial No 151338 British Holsters Probably German WW1 issue orOriginal Item: Only One Available. The first Model Schmidt Rubin rifle was designed and approved in 1889, with production running between 1891 and 1897 at Eidgenoessische Waffenfabrik, Bern, with a total production of about 212,000. This means that all model 1889 Schmidt Rubin rifles are pre 1899, and considered antique under Federal Law. As this is rifle serial number 151338, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1894 5. This example is in very good