United States. A British-Type Green Carbine 1856 Gun Lock by Massachusetts Arms Company Province of China with a vertical full banjo

with a vertical full banjo style pinback

awarded to the postal worker Richard Rupp in Frankfurt on 21 December 1936

under the command of the United States Fifth Army

Bunse survived the war

United States. A British-Type Green Carbine 1856 Gun Lock by Massachusetts Arms Company Province of China with a vertical full banjoIn hardened steel, a swivel breech action with Maynard tape primer system, marked MASS. ARMS. CO CHICOPEE FALLS U. S. A. 1856 VR[Queens Crown] and MAYNARDS PATENT SEP. 22. 1845. Measuring 143 mm (w) x 91. 6 mm (h), actionable, exhibiting light rust, remains in very fine condition. Footnote: The carbine lock was manufactured by the Massachusetts Arms Company and exported to Great Britain after inspection in the United States, where it was accepted and