Original U.S. Peabody M1866/1867 Switzerland Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .41 Swiss Rimfire - Serial 4439 British Replica This roughly translates to German

This roughly translates to German Red Cross Medical Camp Babelsberg

Collection formed in the 1960's

and the counter guard with knuckle bow

though it is no longer produced

It reads in part:

Original U.S. Peabody M1866/1867 Switzerland Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .41 Swiss Rimfire - Serial 4439 British Replica This roughly translates to GermanOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a U. S. manufactured Peabody Patent Foreign Contract Rifle, one of an estimated 15,000 made for Switzerland in the late 1860s. They saw limited use and were replaced by the Repetiergewehr Vetterli in the early 1870s. The Peabody action was developed by Henry O. Peabody from Boston, Massachusetts, and was first patented on July 22, 1862. The patent was then purchased by the Providence