Korean Japanese Spanish Model Rolling Block Rifle

Korean / Japanese / Spanish Remington made Rolling Block Rifle with a unique history.
Included with this antique rifle and follows is a copy of the original letter from George Lehman to the then buyer and now consignee. It reads "This rifle was obtained from Mr. Honda Koichiro who located the rifle from a former post war collector. This early Remington with the type II frame was originally sold to the American Trading company of Yokohama Japan sometime prior to 1879 and transshipped to Korea. This rifle has two cartouches in Korean/Japanese characters on the left side of the buttstock which read "river unit" which indicates it was part of the Korean palace guard adjacent to the Han River in Seoul, Korea. There are other illegible markings on the frame as well. Two wooden Japanese armory tags are attached to the rifle which read; REMINGTON SINGLE SHOT RIFLE 11mm 3 of 9. A second tag reads CAPTURED WAR TROPHY OF KOREA, ORIGINALLY PURCHASED FROM AMERICAN TRADING. Essentially this rifle is a 3rd contract Spanish model a surplus of which was sold to several foreign governments including Japan and Korea during the Meiji era. The 43 Spanish cartridge was among three different calibers used b Yi Dynasty Korea of the 19th century. Armory tag indicate this was a government war trophy of the First Sino Japanese War (1894-95) and later a reference sample stored at Tokyo Arsenal until 1945". --------------------------------------------------------------------------