Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle with Bayonet- Cleaned and Complete Condition Martini-Henry Parts Pattern B- 40

Pattern B- 40

No clear rational has been found to explain this uncommon occurrence

it is true that this model helmet was the one on which the design of Darth Vader's helmet in the "Star Wars" films was based upon

known as type C

Virtually unissued condition with WWII dates and makers markings

Original British P-1864 Snider type Breech Loading Rifle with Bayonet- Cleaned and Complete Condition Martini-Henry Parts Pattern B- 40Original Item: Jacob Snider, an American from New York, developed this breech loading system for the P 1853 Enfield, the most prolific imported Percussion rifle in use by both the North and South during the U. S. Civil War. When the British Board of Ordnance appointed a Select Committee in 1864 the Snider system was swiftly adopted with the first breech loaders being issued in 1865 to British forces. Improved in 1867 by the use of Colonel Boxer's