Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian US Civil War which was successively occupied by

which was successively occupied by the 32d

The plating is mostly intact

and then the War of the Austrian Succession

This was based on his World War I experience from Gen Pershing insisting that US Forces fight under US command

It has a German National Colors (red white and black) kokarden (cockades) around the right chin strap lug

Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian US Civil War which was successively occupied byOriginal 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