Original Danish M1867 Remington Rolling Block Military Rifle - Serial No 46399 Swords The real treasure in this

The real treasure in this lot are documents from his experience as a young Naval Lieutenant during the time of the famous Boxer Rebellion in China (remember the Movie "55 Days at Peking" with Charleton Heston

Lieutenant Colonel William C

Generally considered the second in command

In the naval service dirks had a short-lived

Original Danish M1867 Remington Rolling Block Military Rifle - Serial No 46399 Swords The real treasure in thisOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Danes elected to license the Remington design for manufacture in Denmark at the Copenhagen arsenal, which they did in a fairly large quantity. The Danish model first utilized a rimfire cartridge and that stayed in service well into the smokeless era. However, with the adoption of the 8mm M1889 Krag Jorgensen the need to update or abandon the Remington became acute. In 1896 they were withdrawn from infantry