Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1873 Saddle Ring Carbine Serial 210578 with Early Lock Plate - made in 1883 Hotchkiss MG The interior of the helmet

The interior of the helmet is marked with a partial Edel-Stahl over the right ear

It was later shot down by pilot Wulstan Tempest of the RFC 39th Home Defense Squadron just after midnight on October 2nd 1916

Regular Army and Regional Forces enlisted personnel also wore plain black/brown berets without insignia

Posters were a popular form of art in the late tsarist and Soviet periods

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1873 Saddle Ring Carbine Serial 210578 with Early Lock Plate - made in 1883 Hotchkiss MG The interior of the helmetOriginal Item: Only One available. This is a very nice example of the classic Springfield trapdoor Saddle Ring Carbine, the weapon used by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. The breech block is marked: U. S. MODEL 1873 Offered in very good condition is this trapdoor rifle in . 45 70 government caliber, complete with its original Saddle Ring and Bar on the left hand side of the wood stock. The