MANNLICHER-SCHOENAUER M1903 breech-loading carbine of the Macedonian Fighter and Balkan War fighter Manolis Litinas
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MANNLICHER-SCHOENAUER M1903 breech-loading carbine of the Macedonian Fighter and Balkan War fighter Manolis Litinas
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MANNLICHER-SCHOENAUER M1903 breech-loading carbine of the Macedonian Fighter and Balkan War fighter Manolis Litinas. This breech-loading carbine has 4 clockwise rifling, and 6.5 mm caliber. It has a bolt-action mechanism and 5-round cylinder feed system. The stock is made of heavy wood, with a double inlaid decoration on both sides. On the right side, in has an upper brass square plate with an embossed representation of the dragon-slayer Saint George and a lower ivory plate with a representation of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by a brass frame with embossed leaves. On the left side, in has an upper square plate with a representation of the Child-Bearing Virgin Mary and a lower ivory plate with an embossed representation of a crowned double-headed eagle, which on its breast bears the heraldic sign, which is contained in a heart-shaped plate with embossed leaves. At appropriate points the wooden frame has flattened iron rings, through which the leather suspension strap passes. On the left side of its iron mechanism it is marked STEYR 1907.