Original British Snider Sporting Short Rifle by Manton with Saber Bayonet Untouched Antique Guns In the top corner is

In the top corner is a Black on White Iron Cross

and it remained in front-line use from the Russo-Japanese War to the end of World War II

Towards the end of the war

Offered as a magnificent WWII Pacific Theater Display piece which would be the center of any WW2 Japanese collection

Sizes are small but perfect for a display manikin

Original British Snider Sporting Short Rifle by Manton with Saber Bayonet Untouched Antique Guns In the top corner isOriginal Item: Only One Available. We first thought this was a British officer's custom constructed short Snider boar hunting rifle complete with a pattern 1856 Saber bayonet needed as last ditch defense against a mortally wounded wild boar. The barrel bears multiple English proof marks and is nicely marked: MANTON & CO, CULCUTTA AND LONDON T. TURNER The case hardened lock bears no markings other than a stylized "crown", while both receiver ring and