Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1893 - Serial No 562495 MG 34 Feed Assembly The Swiss and Austrian militaries

The Swiss and Austrian militaries had both licensed and produced the MG 30 from Rheinmetall shortly after patent

It bears original green paint with German maker mark and date:

The ramrod is absent

Sergeant Farmer operated a machine gun in defense of a bridgehead spanning the Neckar river

the management of Weserflug transferred in 1944 from Berlin to Hoykenkamp

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor Model 1884 Round Rod Bayonet Rifle made in 1893 - Serial No 562495 MG 34 Feed Assembly The Swiss and Austrian militariesOriginal 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