Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 / 1888 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle Made in 1885 with Butt Trap Tools - Serial 279545 U.S. Machine Guns The butt plate does have

The butt plate does have some light pitting

This is a very nice WWI Imperial German M1915 Prussian Steel Belt Buckle (Koppelschloß) with a civilian braided leather belt stitiched to the original belt about 10 inches into the length

which is the Cavalry Saber that many other countries emulated during the 19th Century

red and black thread

the United States occupied the base

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 / 1888 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle Made in 1885 with Butt Trap Tools - Serial 279545 U.S. Machine Guns The butt plate does haveOriginal 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