Original German Pre-WWI Gewehr 91 S Artillery Carbine by V.C. Schilling dated 1891 - Serial 3240b Original Display Machine Guns The shield in the lid

The shield in the lid is engraved with the initials:

An amazing Officer's item from World War One

and has a brass lidded compartment on the bottom

This is a nice WWI Era Swiss Army Shako Leather Helmet

275 Danish merchant ships were sunk

Original German Pre-WWI Gewehr 91 S Artillery Carbine by V.C. Schilling dated 1891 - Serial 3240b Original Display Machine Guns The shield in the lidOriginal Item: Only One Available. Adopted in 1888 the new German Infantry round in 7. 92 X 57mm replaced the old 10. 4mm large bore cartridge adopted in 1871. The M 1888 Rifle was referred to as the "Commission Rifle" and was manufactured as a full Infantry Rifle (Gewehr 88) and a Cavalry Carbine (Karabiner 88) starting in 1888. In 1891 Artillery Carbine was adopted called the Gewehr 91, and it was identical to the Cavalry carbine, except it had a