Original U.S. Civil War Era British Enfield P-1856 Tower "East India" Percussion Cavalry Carbine with Original Sling - dated 1856 Chinese Militaria Merchant Marine WWII Victory Medal

Merchant Marine WWII Victory Medal

RT - 196 / PRC - 6

leaving the casting extremely brittle

War bonds were created to fund the Allied victory by supporting troops and the Allied war effort

It features a heavy ribbed cast steel hilt with split muzzle ring and a 9 3/4 inch fullered blade

Original U.S. Civil War Era British Enfield P-1856 Tower "East India" Percussion Cavalry Carbine with Original Sling - dated 1856 Chinese Militaria Merchant Marine WWII Victory MedalOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just purchased at a military auction, this is a very interesting example of a British Pattern 1856 "East India Pattern" Cavalry Carbine, part of the famous P 1853 Enfield lineage of rifled muzzleloaders. As the name indicates, these were intended for cavalry use in the Indian subcontinent during the Victorian era, and were produced with a "captured" swivel ramrod with a large Palm plate tip, as well as a sling bar