Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Brass Hook Scabbard Barrels In our trials

In our trials

making it by far the largest manufacturer of these tools

where it took control of a provisional headquarters established by the Eighth Air Force in September

It is a 1943 M1 McCord Front Seam Fixed Bale Helmet with Firestone Liner which was painted in Navy grey

The air echelon relocates to England via the northern ferry route between 23-Sep-42 and 11-Oct-42 assembling at Kimbolton and then the entire Group moves to Bassingbourn on 14-Oct-42 where they will conduct operations until 23-Jun-45

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Brass Hook Scabbard Barrels In our trialsOriginal Item: Only One 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