OC - FINE- all original parts; over 30% original finish, sharp lettering, numerals and design on metal and wood; minor marks in wood.

Cartouche dated 1891. With tool in buttstock compartment. Buttstock stamped "71/395" for the 71st New York Infantry, which used Model 1888s in an attack against Spanish forces on San Juan Hill, Cuba 1898 (consignor research provided).