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Message:: [QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 510041, member: 33"]I haven't found anything for this but I'm getting British sources when I search for "1st L.A.V." (and Terry's link is to the UK eBay site) -- So if the L.A. is for Light Artillery, can somebody tell me what the V. stands for? Looking at this source from 1863, I believe even more that this might be British. This is the annual report of the National Rifle Association of England (published in London, not the U.S. organization of the same name). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=%221st+carbine+prize%22&source=bl&ots=2_EDEHRSye&sig=ACfU3U040fL5eGT4wop-W8I0XFv--xS8ow&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1p7DYztngAhVhxYMKHbJ7BZsQ6AEwAHoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=%221st%20carbine%20prize%22&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=%221st+carbine+prize%22&source=bl&ots=2_EDEHRSye&sig=ACfU3U040fL5eGT4wop-W8I0XFv--xS8ow&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1p7DYztngAhVhxYMKHbJ7BZsQ6AEwAHoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=%221st%20carbine%20prize%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq="1st+carbine+prize"&source=bl&ots=2_EDEHRSye&sig=ACfU3U040fL5eGT4wop-W8I0XFv--xS8ow&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1p7DYztngAhVhxYMKHbJ7BZsQ6AEwAHoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q="1st carbine prize"&f=false</a>[/QUOTE]