Original U.S. Navy W.J. Jenks Side Hammer "Mule-Ear" First Pattern Breech Loading Percussion Carbine MG 34 Reciever Assembly bombs and other ammunition were

bombs and other ammunition were found and removed

Insignia: Submarine Service

but unfortunately we cannot read it accurately

matte-surfaced materials

Serial number 77296 is on the grip frame

Original U.S. Navy W.J. Jenks Side Hammer "Mule-Ear" First Pattern Breech Loading Percussion Carbine MG 34 Reciever Assembly bombs and other ammunition wereOriginal Item: Only One Available. From the Civil War era this is one of the hardest Carbines to find, and this is indeed only the second example we have ever had of a W. J. Jenks "Mule Ear" Carbine. First developed in the early 1840s, the U. S. Navy ordered these in various different configurations, both rifled and smoothbore. Access to the breech is accomplished by lifting bolt lever, and a paper cartridge would be inserted and rammed forward when