Original German Mauser Model 1871 Rifle Dated 1875 - All Matching Serial Number 964L Miscellaneous Gun Parts This is a nice UNTOUCHED

This is a nice UNTOUCHED example of an original sword that got updated as the years passed by

to create a single-action variant after discontinuation of the Colt

the Coldstream served the Crown for four fewer years than the Grenadiers (the Grenadiers having formed as a Royalist regiment in exile in 1656 and the Coldstream having sworn allegiance to the Crown upon the Restoration in 1660)

a hold over from earlier armors

attacked German communications and fortifications during the Battle of the Bulge

Original German Mauser Model 1871 Rifle Dated 1875 - All Matching Serial Number 964L Miscellaneous Gun Parts This is a nice UNTOUCHEDOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful all matching serial number example of the Mauser Model 1871 rifle. Adopted as the Gewehr 71 or Infanterie Gewehr 71, or "Infantry Rifle 71 ("I. G. Mod. 71" was stamped on the rifles themselves) was the first rifle model in a distinguished line designed and manufactured by Paul Mauser and Wilhelm Mauser of the Mauser company and later mass produced at Spandau arsenal. Paul Mauser developed his bolt