CAPTURED CHINESE MANUAL MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER.UNIQUE

CD ROM AND AD TEXT COPYRIGHT CSA 2008

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THIS IS A "CDB" - A BOOK ON A CD. IT HAS BEEN SCANNED PAGE BY PAGE INTO DIGITAL FORMAT AND RECORDED ON A CD. IT CONTAINS ALL OF THE INFORMATION EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS IN THE BOOK , PAGE BY PAGE. THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL TRANSFER OF THE INFORMATION AND IS READABLE BY COMPUTER. WITH TODAY'S HDTV SETS YOU CAN ATTACH YOUR COMPUTER TO THE TV AND READ THE BOOK WALL SIZE IF YOU LIKE.

GEORGE  H. ROSE WON THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR ACTIONS IN THE RELIEF EFFORT DURING THE BOXER REBELLION. HE WAS AN ORDINARY SEAMAN.

MANY YEARS AGO WE PURCHASED MILITARY SOUVENIR ITEMS FROM THE ROSE ESTATE WHICH INCLUDED THE ONLY 2 IMPERIAL CHINESE ORDNANCE MANUALS KNOW TO EXIST IN THE WEST.

ONE OF THESE WAS THE TRAINING MANUAL FOR IMPERIAL CHINESE OFFICERS FOR THE TRAINING OF THE HOTCHKISS REPEATING RIFLES.

CHINESE REGULAR SOLDIERS COULD NOT READ.

THIS UNIQUE MANUAL IS PRINTED BY WOOD BLOCK PRESS ON RICE PAPER AND IS NOTED TO HAVE BEEN CAPTURED BY AMERCIAN TROOPS AT THE  TIENTSIN ARSENAL .

THE MANUAL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND WAS A CHALLENGE TO TRANSLATE FROM THE ARCHAIC CHINESE.

HISTORIAN AND LANGUAGE SCHOLAR SAN ZIELENSKI TRANSLATED THE MANUAL AND PRODUCED AN ENGLISH FACSIMILE .

THIS CDB VERSION IS AN EXACT COPY OF THE CHINESE ORIGINAL AND THE ENGLISH FACSIMILE .

PHOTOGRAPHS OF ORIGINAL IMPERIAL CHINESE AMMUNITION ARE INCLUDED FROM THE BUTTWEILER ARCHIVE .

THE BUTTWELER ARCHIVE IS THE MOST ENTENSIVE COLLECTOR SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION REFERENCE PUBLISHED AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON CBD IN OUR STORE.

THE ORIGINAL MANUAL WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO THE MANUALS THERE WERE SEVERAL PIECES OF TRENCH ART WHICH WILL ALSO BE SOLD.

110  pages with ILLUSTRATIONS

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM OUR ARCHIVE

This is NOT the manual.

It is a complete digital version of the original manual.

THIS IS A CD NOT THE BOOK.

PLUS ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM OUR ARCHIVE.

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WELCOME TO THE CRITTENDEN SCHMITT ARCHIVES "ON LINE MUSEUM" AND DEACQUSITION SALE.

THE ITEMS IN OUR REFERENCE COLLECTION DATE BACK TO ABOUT 1849 WHEN MY GREAT UNCLE, RALPH CRITTENDEN AND HIS PARTNER RICHARD TIBBALS CREATED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AMMUNITION FACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRAWN CARTRIDGES , PERCUSSION CAPS AND ALL FORMS TO AMMUNITION OF INTEREST TO THE GUN MANUFACTURING FACTORS OF THE DAY. SPENCER , SHARPS , HENRY , VOLCANIC, JENNINGS, REMINGTON, JOSLYN,WESSON,BALLARD,BACON,BLISS,WARNER AND SMITH AND WESSON ALL SOLD CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS AMMUNITION UNDER THEIR OWN TRADE NAME. THE UNION ARMY BOUGHT MILLIONS OF CTM PERCUSSION CAPS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPENCER CARTRIDGES DURING LINCOLN’S WAR AND ALL OF THE SPENCER AMMUNITION USED IS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES INCLUDING GETTYSBURGH WERE ALL MADE BY CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS.

****Over the course of the next couple of years we will be offering for sale thousands of rare specimens of museum quality many of which have never been offered for sale before and which you will likely never see for sale again. Why are we selling this archive and reference collection? After 150+ years of interest in ammunition there is no one else interested in the field in our family. My personal collecting has spanned 50 years and I am at an age when it is time to stop and pass on such activities to others.