Original British Victorian P-1856 Tower "East India" Percussion Cavalry Carbine with Bombay Arsenal Markings - dated 1857 MP 44 - Ineligibility for the Infantry

- Ineligibility for the Infantry Assault Badge

and given the production timeframe

surrounds the cypher and is inscribed "THE 1939–1945 STAR"

On the top in the center is the Family Crest of ADMIRAL SAMUEL HOOD R

The reverse of the blade is etched at the ricasso with the classic Hörster/Solingen trademark

Original British Victorian P-1856 Tower "East India" Percussion Cavalry Carbine with Bombay Arsenal Markings - dated 1857 MP 44 - Ineligibility for the InfantryOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just purchased at a local military show, this is a very interesting example of a British Pattern 1856 "East India Pattern" Cavalry Carbine, part of the famous P 1853 Enfield lineage of rifled muzzleloaders. As the name indicates, these were intended for cavalry use in the Indian subcontinent during the Victorian era, and were produced with a "captured" swivel ramrod with a large Palm plate tip, as well as a sling bar