Original Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima Converted to M.1880 Murata Breech Loading Musket Category_Rear Sight Assembly Originally Officers and senior NCO’s

Originally Officers and senior NCO’s responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and headgear were required to purchase the new winter garments until regulations of December 1942 extended the issue winter clothing to all ranks in the colder theaters of operation

Open rear sight

often called the Affenjacke (Monkey Jacket)

France manufactured this tripod in 1919 when the Allies delivered this western front gun to Turkey as post war military aid

Rothberg was born on 20 Mar 1922 in Planifield

Original Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima Converted to M.1880 Murata Breech Loading Musket Category_Rear Sight Assembly Originally Officers and senior NCO’sOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an extremely interesting weapon. It started life probably in the late 1700s or early 1800s being constructed as a matchlock firearm using black powder and a very primitive ignition system. These were often referred to as Tanegashima (), after the island where a Chinese junk with Portuguese adventurers on board was driven to anchor by a storm in 1543. The local lord purchased two matchlocks from the