Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard & M1887 Hanger - Excellent MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets which would indicate it was

which would indicate it was issued by the Bielefeld office in 1941

a rather late year for a model 1873 to have been produced

The hilt retains very much of the original gilt

finger protector

it is obvious that this was a machete that did not spend its life in the scabbard

Original U.S. Springfield Trapdoor M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet with U.S. Scabbard & M1887 Hanger - Excellent MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets which would indicate it wasOriginal Item: Only One Available. The model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield was the first standard issue breech loading rifle adopted by the United States Army. The gun, in both full length and carbine versions, was widely used in subsequent battles against the American Indians. It was the weapon used, in its carbine form, by the troopers of the 7th Cavalry that met their fate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. The model 1873 was the fifth