Original U.S. Civil War Era 3rd Model P-1853 Enfield Three Band Percussion Export Rifle marked 1861 Tower with Socket Bayonet French Field Equipment Normandy invasion

Normandy invasion

having completed their respective training schools

Blade shows age and losses to the plating and evidence of former storage corrosion from having been long stored with a damp blade

and the handle itself has lots its leather covering as well as almost all of the wire wrapping

British War Medal

Original U.S. Civil War Era 3rd Model P-1853 Enfield Three Band Percussion Export Rifle marked 1861 Tower with Socket Bayonet French Field Equipment Normandy invasionOriginal Item: Only One Available. Offered here is a nice service used example of the 3rd Model Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle Musket, as produced in England with brass butt plate, trigger guard and nose cap. The three steel barrel bands are held on with screw pressure, as typical of the 3rd model. The screws are not recessed, as they would be on the "Baddeley" type bands used on the later 4th model. The lock is marked 1861 TOWER below the cap bolster,