Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with NGP Pennsylvania National Guard Scabbard Antique Handguns The steel tang nut has

The steel tang nut has oxidized and lost all of the plating

particularly about 3 inches above the drag

a closing force of German Armor and Infantry which had been by-passed and cut off to our rear and columns to the surprise of both units

with the 1st Battalion taking Otzenrath just before nightfall

The cross guard is cicely marked U

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with NGP Pennsylvania National Guard Scabbard Antique Handguns The steel tang nut hasOriginal Item: Only One Available. The model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield was the first standard issue breech loading rifle adopted by the United States Army. The gun, in both full length and carbine versions, was widely used in subsequent battles against the American Indians. It was the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. The model 1873 was the fifth