This is an excellent condition Springfield Armory Heavy Checkered Early 1903 National Match Buttplate. It has the correct early Dark Parkerized finish. It has little to no wear on the top, bottom and inside from being mounted on a rifle stock but saw little to no use given its overall excellent condition. This is the early version prior to Springfield Armory adding drawing numbers to this style of buttplate. Springfield Armory later added two different sets of drawing numbers to the rear inside area of the buttplate to differentiate between National Match and Standard Military issued Heavy Checkered buttplates. This would be correct for any Springfield Armory National Match Rifle. These were also used on standard rifles and were highly sought after by the Marines during WWII for use on their issued and arsenal overhauled rifles. Due to the shortage, some USMC buttplates during the WWII time frame have homemade punch marked type checkering to help stabilize the rifle during firing. This would also work well for any 1903/1903A3 rifle for shooting purposes. Add this to the National Match Rear Sight I have up for sale to help finish restoring your SA National Match Rifle. The item “Springfield Armory 1903 Heavy Checkered National Match Buttplate” is in sale since Wednesday, September 26, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “1stbatboy” and is located in Audubon, New Jersey. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Brand: Springfield Armory
- For Gun Make: Springfield Armory
From my personal collection. This is an extremely rare badge early 1936-37 production. Made By JMME & Sohn Berlin. It comes with a case that is a reproduction I got to protect the award. Beautiful isn’t it. The item “Rare German Eagle Wireless Operator’s Air Gunners Badge Early Heavy Medal” is in sale since Friday, December 15, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “2*baron” and is located in Reading, Michigan. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica.
From my personal collection. This is an extremely rare badge early 1936-37 production. Made By JMME & Sohn Berlin. It comes with a case that is a reproduction I got to protect the award. Beautiful isn’t it. The item “Rare German Eagle Wireless Operator’s Air Gunners Badge Early Heavy Medal” is in sale since Tuesday, December 05, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “2*baron” and is located in Reading, Michigan. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica.
Odd model that is not of brass fittings as per regulations but instead is iron/nickel hilted version which is mounted with a blade stamped with the AP , fasces and CM markings and these were from the Arsenal of Paris that inspected foreign made blade so big possibility this sword was for Allied heavy cavalry (Wurttemberg, Bavaria, Holland, Bade etc). Another possibility is that it was made during the end of the Empire with an iron hilt due to shortage of brass and given an old recycled blade. Whatever the reason, it has history and is super attractive! Good condition: the whole sword is in very shiny state with some spots here and there but overall very well preserved, but the handguard has some light movement. The knuckle bow is stamped with faint barred numbers and inspection marks. The scabbard also has a barred service number and a stamp at the drag; it also has that unknown rope holding the 2 rings, something which is very often encountered on period swords. Sword length: 43 / 110cm. Blade length: 37 / 95cm. Total length: 45 / 115cm. Low reserve price for such a sought after model! The item “Super Rare Sabre Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry Trooper Sword” is in sale since Friday, February 24, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Knives, Swords & Blades\Swords & Sabers\Other Collectible Swords”. The seller is “lunar_horse” and is located in Montreal, QC. This item can be shipped worldwide.