Original Soviet WWII Era VOKhR Military Guard Crossed Rifles Belt Buckle - Gulag Guards Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly and a lovely lightly worn

and a lovely lightly worn look

Whether this weapon was used by a colonial militiaman or not will never be known but it does represent the type of musket carried by colonials during the wars in the Colonies prior to the Revolution

the right-hand bolt pulls the spent case out of the chamber and the left-hand bolt pushes a new round home

1st Marine Division and in rehearsal exercises in the Guadalcanal-Russell Islands area preparing for the invasion of Okinawa

Original Soviet WWII Era VOKhR Military Guard Crossed Rifles Belt Buckle - Gulag Guards Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly and a lovely lightly wornOriginal Item: Only One Available. The abbreviation VOKhR (in Cyrillic: ) was first used from 1917 to refer to troops of State Security or VeCheka (the predecessors of the KGB). However, in post war usage it referred to uniformed civilian security guards. There were two general categories of VOKhR: departmental (ministry) paramilitary security forces and guards at individual economic or industrial entities. Departmental security forces in particular