Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Rifle with Muzzle Cover - Serial No 127697 Military Maps which look to be intact

which look to be intact

with a small crack on the back near the blade guard

There is a bit of moth

so each pouch holds 6 clips

It bears an original 17th Airborne Division embroidered shoulder patch insignia on the right shoulder and a 82nd Airborne Division patch on the left shoulder

Original Swiss First Model 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Magazine Rifle with Muzzle Cover - Serial No 127697 Military Maps which look to be intactOriginal Item: Only One Available. The first Model Schmidt Rubin rifle was designed and approved in 1889, with production running between 1891 and 1897 at Eidgenoessische Waffenfabrik (Swiss Arms Factory), Bern, with a total production of about 212,000. This means that all model 1889 Schmidt Rubin rifles are pre 1899, and considered antique under Federal Law. As this is rifle serial number 127697, we estimate this rifle was produced in 1894 5. This