Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Rifle with Muzzle Cover - Serial No 127697 Military Maps so each pouch holds 6

so each pouch holds 6 clips

The light source or burner is absent but it was full of candle wax when we got it before cleaning

Director of the Royal Armory of Arms of War at Mauberge (North)

It bears an original 17th Airborne Division embroidered shoulder patch insignia on the right shoulder and a 82nd Airborne Division patch on the left shoulder

There is a bit of moth

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Rifle with Muzzle Cover - Serial No 127697 Military Maps so each pouch holds 6Original Item: Only One Available. The first Model Schmidt Rubin rifle was designed and approved in 1889, with production running between 1891 and 1897 at Eidgenoessische Waffenfabrik (Swiss Arms Factory), Bern, with a total production of about 212,000. This means that all model 1889 Schmidt Rubin rifles are pre 1899, and considered antique under Federal Law. As this is rifle serial number 127697, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1894 5. This