Original U.S. Civil War Smith Patent Saddle Ring Carbine by American Machine Works - Serial No 8761 British Flags 2 x Purple Hearts

2 x Purple Hearts

The exterior bears additional part and stock numbers

Ruptured duck patch and 3 overseas service bars on left shelve for 18+ months served overseas

but does not have any maker marks except for IMPROVED PATENT on the flat near the spout

and by the autumn of 1941 both sides settled down to three years of static warfare about 30-40km short of Murmansk

Original U.S. Civil War Smith Patent Saddle Ring Carbine by American Machine Works - Serial No 8761 British Flags 2 x Purple HeartsOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Smith Carbine was a 0. 50 caliber breech loading rifle patented by Gilbert Smith on June 23, 1857 and successfully completed the Military Trials of the late 1850s. It was used by various cavalry units during the American Civil War. It was unique in that it broke apart in the middle for loading, and that it used rubber cartridges which sealed the gases in the breech. The downside was that these cartridges were