Original Swiss Early First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Excellent Bore & Muzzle Cover - Serial 255 U.S. Holsters The German 77mm Shell Casing

The German 77mm Shell Casing stands 9" tall and is 3 1/2" across the base and is Dated JUNI 1917

giving the name "August Schneider Dresden"

729" 12 gauge / bore

Flight Quarters

I received the jolt of my life [when] a "Panzerfaust" rocket type grenade impacted the right far side of the tank

Original Swiss Early First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Excellent Bore & Muzzle Cover - Serial 255 U.S. Holsters The German 77mm Shell CasingOriginal 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 (Swiss Arms Factory), 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 a very low serial number 255, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1891,