Original Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle with Intact Chrysanthemum Crest - Serial 82389 MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly • Original Qualification Record that

• Original Qualification Record that reads: RIFLEMAN - Loaded

just over 2/3 of the way through the total production

the "Mum" was almost always removed

with TEL-EL-KABIR Battle honor

the Masonic symbol

Original Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle with Intact Chrysanthemum Crest - Serial 82389 MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly • Original Qualification Record thatOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Murata rifle ( Murata j) was the first indigenously produced Japanese service rifle adopted in 1880 as the Meiji Type 13 Murata single shot rifle. The 13 referred to the adoption date, the year 13 in the Meiji period according to the Japanese calendar. Later revisions including a tubular magazine, and a reduced caliber, led to the introduction of the Type 22 in 1889, the 22nd year of the Meiji calendar.