Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonets Repurposed As a Sconces by Bannerman’s - 2 Items Availability_Both with an intact cleaning jag

with an intact cleaning jag on the other end

which indicates that this is a valid number sequence and an active portion of the SS roster

There is not a size marking

including the silk skull cap which is so often removed

Brass press stud fittings for an oxygen mask are also present

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonets Repurposed As a Sconces by Bannerman’s - 2 Items Availability_Both with an intact cleaning jagOriginal Item: Only One Pair Available. The model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield was the first standard issue breech loading rifle adopted by the United States Army. The gun, in both full length and carbine versions, was widely used in subsequent battles against the American Indians. It was the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. The model 1873 was the fifth