Original British P-1853 Enfield 4th Model Three Band Rifle Converted to Snider Mk.II** - dated 1860 Flintlock Pistols as an Army National Guard

as an Army National Guard division from North Carolina

This is a very nice set of two examples of the "Medal for Gallantry and Merit for Members of the Eastern Peoples" (Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung für Ostvölker)

The focus adjustment levers work beautifully

USGI were given cheese cloth-like American Flag Patches to apply to the arm of their uniforms

The front of the magazine housing is marked with an Arrow in a Triangle

Original British P-1853 Enfield 4th Model Three Band Rifle Converted to Snider Mk.II** - dated 1860 Flintlock Pistols as an Army National GuardOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just purchased at a recent military auction, this lovely "attic fresh" rifle is 100% all British manufacture, starting life in 1853 as a . 577 caliber three band ENFIELD Percussion Rifle model of P 1853. It has the correct "Baddeley" type bands with a recessed screw, as would be used on the later Martini Henry rifles, and shows a lovely patina of age. The lock is plate stamped "CROWN" over V. R. and 1860 ENFIELD,