Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1888 - Serial 413358 British Ordnance We have had many of

We have had many of the badges before

It is decorated with a very nice cast aluminum eagle insignia on the peak and and an open cast aluminum wreath surrounding a metal tri-color cockade on the band

Since they were designed to support the brow plate (which was made only in one size) the base of each of the opposing lugs must be the same distance from the other

the day after the landings

which encompassed the area near Nuremberg and Suhl

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1888 - Serial 413358 British Ordnance We have had many ofOriginal Item: Only One available. The U. S. breech loading Springfield "trapdoor" rifle was introduced in 1873 in . 45 70 caliber. Basically it was the rifle the U. S. Army used to open the West and Springfield trapdoor carbines were used by Custer's Cavalry at the massacre at The Little Big Horn. This example has the breech block marking: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod, a