Original U.S. Peabody M1866/1867 Switzerland Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .41 Swiss Rimfire with Excellent Bore - Serial 8023 Chinese Militaria Overall condition of the holster

Overall condition of the holster is quite good

General Westmoreland blessed the program in September 1967

The leather body of the scabbard is stamped MANGROVITE ‘42 and a faint (Arrow B) over W

" which would later be used for some of the first Messerschmitt Me 163B Komet rocket fighter operations

The inside lining is present

Original U.S. Peabody M1866/1867 Switzerland Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .41 Swiss Rimfire with Excellent Bore - Serial 8023 Chinese Militaria Overall condition of the holsterOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a U. S. manufactured Peabody Patent Foreign Contract Rifle, one of an estimated 15,000 made for Switzerland in the late 1860s. They saw limited use and were replaced by the Repetiergewehr Vetterli in the early 1870s. The Peabody action was developed by Henry O. Peabody from Boston, Massachusetts, and was first patented on July 22, 1862. The patent was then purchased by the Providence