Original Enfield Marked British P-1864 Snider Breech Loading Rifle- Cleaned and Complete Military Equipment Reed of Strasburg

Reed of Strasburg

- Original turn of the century framed photograph of Lambeth

The pommel is a nickel plated brass skull with excellent detail

Included in this grouping a some letter he wrote to the daughter of his wartime friend in the early 1990s which explain what his role was in the war

supporting the invasion troops

Original Enfield Marked British P-1864 Snider Breech Loading Rifle- Cleaned and Complete Military Equipment Reed of StrasburgOriginal Item: Unlike the other unmarked Snider rifles we offer, IMA has found just a few with ENFIELD marked lock plates. While there is not question that the lock plate or the entire lock was made in England it is our belief these weapons we assembled in the kingdom of Nepal in the latter 1870s and 1880s. At that time the Nepalese were very adept gun makers and would use whatever good gun parts were available, therefore on some of these Snider