Original Museum Grade U.S. Civil War Gwyn & Campbell Type II Saddle-Ring "Union Carbine" - Serial Number 3772 Lock Assembly The left shoulder features a

The left shoulder features a lovely shoulder sleeve insignia

The rear AA sight may be a separate device that attaches to the receiver

so this is definitely not a German marking

The right side of the receiver is simply marked STEYR 1897

The newly-formed West German bundeswehr briefly used this WW2-derived splinter camouflage smock shortly after West German reearmament in 1955 under Konrad Adenauer in response to escalating Cold War tensions

Original Museum Grade U.S. Civil War Gwyn & Campbell Type II Saddle-Ring "Union Carbine" - Serial Number 3772 Lock Assembly The left shoulder features aOriginal Item: One Only. "Museum Grade" is not a term that we use often at all, so we do not use it lightly. However there is no better description for the condition of this rifle. It is the best example we have ever seen of the rare II Gwyn & Campbell Saddle Ring carbine, also known as the "Grapevine Carbine" due to the snake like curves in the trigger guard lever and long hammer. We received this out of an old collection that was very well curated,