A .43 (11.15X60mm) MAUSER MODEL 1871 BOLT-ACTION CAVALRY CARBINE, MADE AT STEYR IN 1876, serial

A .43 (11.15X60mm) MAUSER MODEL 1871 BOLT-ACTION CAVALRY CARBINE, MADE AT STEYR IN 1876, serial no. 1688, with 20in. barrel profusely German Ordnance marked at breech, together with place of manufacture 'OESTERR.WAFFFB.GES', (Steyr Austria) wing protected front-sight and carbine pattern ladder rear-sight, the action body marked on the left 'MOD. 71' and on the right with the date of manufacture '1876', regulation iron mounted full walnut stock, the butt with faint inspection stamp, with mostly matching numbers (bolt mis-matched). Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament