Original German-made Spanish Contract Mauser Model 1891 Carbine by Ludwig Loewe dated 1894 with Modified Rifle Stock - Serial 4437 19th Century In the film The Longest

In the film The Longest Day you can hear the German troops call them Gummipuppen which roughly translates to rubber dolls or dummy dolls

Oxygen mask attachmentThe APH-5 went through several upgrades in order to improve oxygen mask retention

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The fuchi (collar) for the tsuka (handle) is brass

1 OCTOBER 1944: Fire of explosive loaded on deck of USS STRINGHAM (APD 6) in Manus anchorage

Original German-made Spanish Contract Mauser Model 1891 Carbine by Ludwig Loewe dated 1894 with Modified Rifle Stock - Serial 4437 19th Century In the film The LongestOriginal Item: Only one Available. This is a very interesting example of a hard to find early Spanish Contract Mauser Carbine. Most are familiar with the Model 1892 Spanish Mauser Carbine, the last of the Single Feed magazine designs, and the later Model 1895 Mauser Carbine, but the Model 1891 occupies an interesting place in history. It is heavily based and in many ways almost interchangeable with the Argentine Contract Model 1891 Mauser Rifles and