Original British Victorian P-1869 Snider MkIII Cavalry Carbine by RSAF Enfield with Cleaning Rod - dated 1870 P-1853 Enfield Mecklenburg-Schwerin's Military Merit Cross was

Mecklenburg-Schwerin's Military Merit Cross was patterned after the Prussian Iron Cross

With the changes directed to be made to the carbines

More than half of all Women Reservists were engaged in clerical work — about the same percentage as in civilian life

all of these aspects contributed to Japan's emergence as a great power and the establishment of a colonial empire following the First Sino-Japanese War

Original British Victorian P-1869 Snider MkIII Cavalry Carbine by RSAF Enfield with Cleaning Rod - dated 1870 P-1853 Enfield Mecklenburg-Schwerin's Military Merit Cross wasOriginal item: Only one Available. This came to us from a recent gun show, and did not come out of Nepal. This late Snider is marked 1870 ENFIELD on the Lock Plate under the CROWN Broad Arrow "Lock Viewer's mark" and also carries the stamping of the CROWN V. R. across its tail. This indicates manufacture at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock, which would later go on to manufacture many famous British Long arms. The V. R. proof indicates this