Original British .22 Short Rifle Mk III Dated 1898 Manufacture Type_New Made Items and cradle with attached shield

and cradle with attached shield

the Shropshire Militia and Royal Herefordshire Militia became the 3rd and 4th (Militia) Battalions respectively

Action type: Side Action Flintlock

the Supreme Allied Commander

also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift

Original British .22 Short Rifle Mk III Dated 1898 Manufacture Type_New Made Items and cradle with attached shieldOriginal Item: This rifle has the following history stamped into the receiver: First, Victoria Regina Well, this queen, longest lived of all British monarchs, had an influence far beyond the British Isles and the British Empire during the Nineteenth Century. Victorian morals dominated the cultured classes of Great Britain and the new United States, and even now, in the Twenty First Century, nostalgic organizations such as the Victorian Riflemen thrive