Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian US Civil War The plating is mostly intact

The plating is mostly intact

which was successively occupied by the 32d

and P-51B and -D fighters

near mint example and still retains all of its original WW2 parts and the shell has all original "corked" grain paint

and one of its 4 screws are missing

Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian US Civil War The plating is mostly intactOriginal 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