Original German Made M1891 Argentine Mauser Rifle Arsenal Converted to Carbine by Ludwig Loewe Serial G 1691 - Made in 1894 Japanese Edged Weapons additional weapons as well as

additional weapons as well as captured machinery

but Tubman was prevented by illness and Douglass declined

it was reconfigured into an Artillery Carbine and was converted to

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Original German Made M1891 Argentine Mauser Rifle Arsenal Converted to Carbine by Ludwig Loewe Serial G 1691 - Made in 1894 Japanese Edged Weapons additional weapons as well asOriginal Item: Only one available. This is a very interesting example of the Model 1891 Argentine Mauser carbine, one of many "export" models made for foreign governments, all based on the Mauser Model 1889. This carbine was not in fact original produced as one, but as a rifle, and then was arsenal converted to a carbine at some point in the early 20th century. We do not know why this was done, but it is something we have never seen before! It is in