Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Mutzig dated 1868 with Bayonet - Serial D 279.59 Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts especially on the retaining strap

especially on the retaining strap

it seems that considerable license was exercised by troops on overseas service

Purple Heart Ribbon bar

A fabulous reminder of U

which was recovered with the gun

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Mutzig dated 1868 with Bayonet - Serial D 279.59 Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts especially on the retaining strapOriginal Item: Only One Available. Despite the fact that the French needle fire Chassepot rifle was far superior to the needle fire Prussian Dreyse rifle, the French took a swift and decisive beating in the war of 1870 71. In fairness to the French, the defeat was due to Napoleon III's foolhardiness in allowing himself to get captured at the Battle of Sedan and the show was then over. The Chassepot rifle of 1866 was a single shot bolt action rifle and