Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian French Militaria however this example had the

however this example had the paint stripped during deactivation

This is a rare and hard to find original movie lobby card set from one the highest regarded Westerns of all time

It features sterling silver paratrooper jump wings

VMF-221 had 21 F2A-3's and 7 Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats

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Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian French Militaria however this example had theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a U. S. manufactured Peabody Patent Foreign Contract Rifle, one of an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 made for Romania. At that time, the country was still a province of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, and would not receive its independence until 1878, after which it adopted the M1879 Peabody Martini Rifle. The Peabody action was developed by Henry O. Peabody from Boston, Massachusetts, and was