Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Figured Stock and Excellent Bore - Matching Serial 23290 Russian Flare Guns it came under the command

it came under the command of Maj

Air Medal with cluster

so the musket does not look to have seen extensive use

This rare entrenching tool also comes with a very nice Rock Island Arsenal RIA 1907 marked M1905 shovel cover that has a Krag bayonet style hanger attachment

Sadly the plugs and caps have all been lost

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Infantry Rifle with Figured Stock and Excellent Bore - Matching Serial 23290 Russian Flare Guns it came under the commandOriginal 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 serial number 23290, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1892 1893. This