Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard Antique Handguns government during World War I

government during World War I to encourage support of the war

Made of heavyweight leather

All the offered badges were purchased in a Ministry of Defense Sale in 1996 at Bicester in Oxfordshire

indicating that they are magnetic

More likely is that it was originally manufactured in this configuration

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard Antique Handguns government during World War IOriginal 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