Original Imperial Russian Model 1870 Berdan II Infantry Long Rifle by Izhevsk with Crest Serial 44249 - Dated 1878 Brown Bess Muskets 8 November 1942: Operation Torch

8 November 1942: Operation Torch

These wings measure 2” across and are marked VANGUARD

We have verified dozens of these names in the NARA database as having served in the Pacific theatre in WWII as part of the 132nd

this was the rifle of the time in the later 1880's

Original Imperial Russian Model 1870 Berdan II Infantry Long Rifle by Izhevsk with Crest Serial 44249 - Dated 1878 Brown Bess Muskets 8 November 1942: Operation TorchOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is antique gun, Model of 1870 manufactured in Russia in 1879. Obsoleted in 1895 after the adoption of the M 1891 Mosin Nagant Rifle. This extremely scarce Imperial Russian Berdan M. II Single Shot Infantry Rifle, Dated 1878 is a very impressive Imperial Russian infantry bolt action rifle designed by US Army General Hiram Berdan. Hiram Berdan was one of the demigods of American rifle lore. During the American