Original Canadian WWI Mk.I Ross Rifle Bayonet and Scabbard with U.S. WWI Surcharges - Dated 1909 Martini-Henry Parts Colonel Robert Simeon Moore

Colonel Robert Simeon Moore

Nice brass construction two-piece box buckle with a smooth background

The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements

mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of religious freedom

Original Canadian WWI Mk.I Ross Rifle Bayonet and Scabbard with U.S. WWI Surcharges - Dated 1909 Martini-Henry Parts Colonel Robert Simeon MooreOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Ross rifle is a straight pull bolt action . 303 inch caliber rifle that was produced in Canada from 1903 until 1918. The Ross Mk. II (or "model 1905") rifle was highly successful in target shooting before World War I, but the close chamber tolerances, lack of primary extraction and overall length made the Mk. III (or "1910") Ross rifle unsuitable for the conditions of trench warfare, exacerbated by the often poor