Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1891- Serial No 519272 Original Display Machine Guns flown by the 43SthGroup from

flown by the 43SthGroup from Canino with Major Boyle's lst Battalion and Battery C of the 460th

Newfoundland and then on to Lajes Field in the Azores before flying to their final destination at Port Lyautey (Kenitra)

Original Item: Issued with each MG were an assortment of tools and spares including this hard to find set comprising of: broken cartridge extractor

The head was assembled in the same way as the Stielhandgranate 24

Starting on the night of 29 October

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1891- Serial No 519272 Original Display Machine Guns flown by the 43SthGroup fromOriginal 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