Original Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle with Rare Type 22 Bayonet and Chrysanthemum Crest - Serial 10469 Spanish Ordnance All coat buttons are backmarked

All coat buttons are backmarked with HORSTMANN

German losses were minimal

The top of the motor is marked with blp

It was designed by the Field Equipment Board (Kenttävarustustoimikunta) lead by Colonel Aarne Heikinheimo (later Major-General and Inspector of Infantry until his accidental death in test-firing event of 47-mm mortar prototype in year 1938) and composed of jaeger officers (former Finnish volunteers of Prussian Jaeger Battalion 27 of World War 1)

except that the complete name is Militärwarenhaus (Military Warehouse) Hans Dürbeck

Original Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle with Rare Type 22 Bayonet and Chrysanthemum Crest - Serial 10469 Spanish Ordnance All coat buttons are backmarkedOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Murata rifle ( Murata j) was the first indigenously produced Japanese service rifle adopted in 1880 as the Meiji Type 13 Murata single shot rifle. The 13 referred to the adoption date, the year 13 in the Meiji period according to the Japanese calendar. Later revisions including a tubular magazine, and a reduced caliber, led to the introduction of the Type 22 in 1889, the 22nd year of the Meiji calendar.