NRA token &buttons...

Usa

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• Jun 3, 2018

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Well,I was detecting at my church last Saturday and found these.Does anyone know anything about the buttons .And when were the M1903 rifle series NRA tokens made?

 

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Wolf-Dog

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• Jun 3, 2018

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Congrats on your finds! Very neat.

 

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• Jun 4, 2018

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1903-1936 on the M1903 coin.

 

Usa

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• Jun 5, 2018

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thanks for the info. But the coin says ww1 & ww2 on it? its definintly a hard thing to figure out.

 

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OK, any other ideas?

 

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• Jun 9, 2018

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Usa said:

OK, any other ideas?

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The M1903 series were used widely in WWII and the Korean War. They were equipped with telescopic sights.

 

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Usa said:

thanks for the info. But the coin says ww1 & ww2 on it? its definintly a hard thing to figure out.

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Because the weapon saw service in both Wars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1903_Springfield