Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian German Mauser 98k K98 Their loss

Their loss

and a marking of size 57 ink stamped

Ninth and First Armies held their ground from Magdeburg through Leipzig to western Czechoslovakia

fully cleaned and is ready to display

and there are no major pitting issues

Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian German Mauser 98k K98 Their lossOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a U. S. manufactured Peabody Patent Foreign Contract Rifle, one of an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 made for Romania. At that time, the country was still a province of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, and would not receive its independence until 1878, after which it adopted the M1879 Peabody Martini Rifle. The Peabody action was developed by Henry O. Peabody from Boston, Massachusetts, and was