Manufactured late in December of 1943, this rifle was selected for National Match upgrade and displays the whole range of upgrades developed for the Type II National Match. Blade and peep sights, with the former marked "NM/062" and the latter marked "NM" on the staff, "NM/2A" on the right ear, "595" on the peep hood, "NM CPP" on the windage drum and "BS" on the elevation drum. The left side of the barrel, underside of the gas cylinder, and top of the operating rod are marked "NM", with a Springfield bolt, hammer, trigger housing, operating rod and "9 54" dated barrel. Matching numbers in white pencil are present inside the floorplate as well as in the operating rod cut in the stock. The stock is glass bedded, with a "DoD eagle" on the left side, circled serifed "P" on the underside of the wrist, a green canvas sling and a checkered steel buttplate. Included with the rifle With a glass bedded stock, numbered to match the rifle on the inside, with a serifed "P" on the grip, Department of Defense cartouche on the left side, and a checkered buttplate. Included with the rifle is paperwork that shows this as an as-new M1 National Match Rifle released by the Director of Civilian Marksmanship to William Lee Deneke in 1974; records show Colonel W.L. Deneke as the winner of the Lt. Paul J. Roberts Jr. Memorial Trophy in 1974, U.S. Army Forces Command Rifle Trophy in 1981 and namesake of the Colonel Bill Deneke Memorial Trophy for youth shooting.