Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian MG 34 Accessories Wehrkreis XII was the home

Wehrkreis XII was the home district of the XII Army Corps

over a month after the initial Normandy landings

On the back of the frame are attached two copies of the same Funerary notice

Year of Manufacture: Circa 1820 - 1850

and features a hollow ground cutting edge

Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian MG 34 Accessories Wehrkreis XII was the homeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a U. S. manufactured Peabody Patent Foreign Contract Rifle, one of an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 made for Romania. At that time, the country was still a province of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, and would not receive its independence until 1878, after which it adopted the M1879 Peabody Martini Rifle. The Peabody action was developed by Henry O. Peabody from Boston, Massachusetts, and was