Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1892 - Serial No 536191 Lanchester SMG and the blade edge cut

and the blade edge cut into the habaki

which wears a wreath of silver palms on a ribbon on the left chest

This example is definitely one of the best we have seen

These were what were pressed into service as water cans for Vickers water cooled Machine Guns during WW2 as has been recorded in countless photographs and news reel footage

and have two hooks on the back so it hangs in the center or to the side

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1892 - Serial No 536191 Lanchester SMG and the blade edge cutOriginal Item: Only One available. The U. S. breech loading Springfield "trapdoor" rifle was introduced in 1873 in . 45 70 caliber. Basically it was the rifle the U. S. Army used to open the West and Springfield trapdoor carbines were used by Custer's Cavalry at the massacre at The Little Big Horn. This example has the breech block marking: U. S. MODEL 1884 In 1884 the integral Round Rod Bayonet was introduced, which could double as a cleaning rod, a