Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle- Cleaned and Complete Condition Hand Select:Yes high altitude bombing in late

high altitude bombing in late WWI with German zeppelins and allied blimps lead to the discovery that maintaining ships higher than 16

ink stamp on outside typically faded

s simply an excellent accessory to any German MG collection

Metal hardware will have some wear and minor rust

Issued to authorized personnel whose responsibility it was to watch the skies for an incoming German or Japanese attack

Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle- Cleaned and Complete Condition Hand Select:Yes high altitude bombing in lateOriginal Item: Jacob Snider, an American from New York, developed this breech loading system for the P 1853 Enfield, the most prolific imported Percussion rifle in use by both the North and South during the U. S. Civil War. When the British Board of Ordnance appointed a Select Committee in 1864 the Snider system was swiftly adopted with the first breech loaders being issued in 1865 to British forces. Improved in 1867 by the use of Colonel Boxer's