Original Rare U.S. Made British Contract Greene Patent Breech Loading Carbine with Maynard Tape Primer System Serial 824 - Professionally Refinished Magazines Douglas promised that the design

Douglas promised that the design could be completed within 45 days after receiving a contract

he is wearing medal ribbons underneath him reads 460th BG 761 BSQ

Condition is good but it does show age and weathering

NOTE: the radio equipment has not been tested and there is no guarantee that it is functional

Chaplain Officer’s Shoulder Boards are in matching grey

Original Rare U.S. Made British Contract Greene Patent Breech Loading Carbine with Maynard Tape Primer System Serial 824 - Professionally Refinished Magazines Douglas promised that the designOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a magnificent example of the very rare Greene Patent breech loading carbine. Mostly known for his early breech loading design involving an "underhammer" percussion cap, Lt. Colonel James D. Greene of Cambridge, Massachusetts also developed other early breech loading designs. One of these was this system, which utilized a breech that locked closed using two lugs 180 degrees apart, which had a barrel that would