Original U.S. Civil War 3rd Model P-1853 Enfield Three Band Export Rifle with JS / Anchor & B.S.A.T. Markings - dated 1863 German Machine Guns and really in great shape

and really in great shape

Without abbreviations this would be 7th Engineer Battalion

These were issued with Berthier/Lebel style needle bayonets

This regiment was part of the XIII Army Corps

The blade is extensively marked in Turkish on the ricasso and the steel cross guard also bears the weapon's serial number

Original U.S. Civil War 3rd Model P-1853 Enfield Three Band Export Rifle with JS / Anchor & B.S.A.T. Markings - dated 1863 German Machine Guns and really in great shapeOriginal Item: Only One Available. Offered here is a nice service used example of the 3rd Model Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle Musket, as produced in England with brass butt plate, trigger guard and nose cap. The three steel barrel bands are held on with screw pressure, as typical of the 3rd model. The screws are not recessed, as they would be on the "Baddeley" type bands used on the later 4th model. The rifle is really in magnificent display condition,