Rifle 28
Lee-Enfield Carbine Mk I Enfield 1898  Converted to Royal Irish Constabulary pattern carbine (a LEC carbine modified with a new nosecap to take the P1888 bayonet) in 1904 as part of a contract for 10,000 rifles. Overall 90% + finish; bore sharp and bright; wood is VG with only the usual nicks and dents. Matched (bolt, receiver, barrel, rear sight leaf). No import marks.

Marked in three places with the WaA waffenampt of Nazi Germany, the rampant eagle holding a wreath bearing a swastika.  We have solid evidence of P14 Enfields and Lee-Enfield carbines being sold to Latvia in the 1930's; we believe that this carbine was among the arms captured when Latvia was overrun in 1941.