Original U.S. Civil War Maynard Second Model Rim Fire Conversion Cavalry Carbine in .50 Caliber Japanese Guns & Ordnance This knife could be of

This knife could be of English origin but the lack of any Royal cypher to the blade may indicate it is in fact French from the Napoleonic era

At the end of the war with Germany's defeat the Soviets claimed all the Don Cossacks in Allied hands to be returned to Russia which the allies agreed to with terrible results as most all of the returned POWs of the Don Cossacks were immediately executed on Stalin's orders

To this the Americans responded with a broadside

The intention was that an officer could write orders

Original U.S. Civil War Maynard Second Model Rim Fire Conversion Cavalry Carbine in .50 Caliber Japanese Guns & Ordnance This knife could be ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Maynard Carbine was one of a multitude of weapons produced during the U. S. Civil War to meet the demand for usable firearms. As originally designed, the carbine used a metallic cartridge without any integral primer cap. Instead, there was a small hole in the center of the base, which would be ignited by a standard percussion cap fitted to a nipple, or by a tape primer system ignited by a firing pin. The