Original U.S. Winchester Hotchkiss First Model .45-70 Bolt-Action Saddle Ring Carbine - Circa 1880 MG 42 Accessories Metal Lens Frames with only

Metal Lens Frames with only surface patina

There is some very minor chipping to the plating along the edge of the blade

which originally would usually have been engraved and possibly fire blued

The panel itself is marked in Fraktur typeface:-

which arrived at Suakin on 29 March

Original U.S. Winchester Hotchkiss First Model .45-70 Bolt-Action Saddle Ring Carbine - Circa 1880 MG 42 Accessories Metal Lens Frames with onlyOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Winchester Hotchkiss was a bolt action repeating rifle patented by Benjamin B. Hotchkiss in 1876 and produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and Springfield Armory from 1878. The Hotchkiss, like most early bolt actions, had a single rear locking lug integral with the bolt handle, but was unique in feeding multiple rounds from a tubular buttstock magazine similar to the Spencer rifle. The . 45 70