Description
- Wood handle
Size is approximately US 7 (56cm) it is excellent condition and unmarked
and between the arms of the cross for the 1st and 2nd Class
having been stored and well-cared for
This amazing piece of WW2 history was originally acquired from the Wright Patterson Museum (National Museum of the USAF)
Original U.S. Civil War Greene's Patent Under Hammer Bolt Action Percussion Rifle - circa 1860 German Field Gear - Wood handleOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is something you don't see every day, and this is indeed the only example we have had of a Greene Under Hammer Rifle. The system was invented by LT. COLONEL J. DURRELL GREENE and patented on NOV. 17. 1857 as stamped on the tang. This is the rifle that introduced the bolt action system to the U. S. Army, probably somewhat copying the German 1841 Dreyse Needle fire Rifle. However, it proved somewhat premature, and