International. Percussion Guns & Rifles, By D.w. Bailey Archive A band of Heer-style raised

A band of Heer-style raised oak leaves transitions into a ribbed white celluloid handle grip

and a crimped flat catch

With World War I in full swing

1945 at the Separation Center at Fort Sheridan

The order is somewhat cryptic

International. Percussion Guns & Rifles, By D.w. Bailey Archive A band of Heer-style raisedThis is an extremely well preserved edition of Percussion Guns & Rifles: An Illustrated Reference Guide to Muzzle Loading Percussion Guns and Rifles of the Nineteenth Century, by D. W. Bailey. It is constructed of a heavy card stock binding and retains its original glossed paper stock dust jacket, with the cover bearing a black and white photograph of rifles circumscribed by author and title. The reverse features images of other reference volumes