Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian Russian Field Gear the 1st and 2nd battalions

the 1st and 2nd battalions were taken prisoner

She remained in Newport until early 1942

There are nine letters in total with one envelope

these were awarded for service in the Feuerschutzpolizei (Fire Protection Police) during the WWII Era

- One German WWII Infantry Assault Badge (Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen)

Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian Russian Field Gear the 1st and 2nd battalionsOriginal 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