Original German Dreyse Zündnadelgewehr M/41 Needle Fire Rifle Serial 7069 with "Duffle Cut" & Bayonet - dated 1859 Brunswick Guns the 505th was pulled back

the 505th was pulled back to the United Kingdom

it was fitted with more powerful Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engines

buttplate turned gray

The blade now has a dark oxidized patina

carried out

Original German Dreyse Zündnadelgewehr M/41 Needle Fire Rifle Serial 7069 with "Duffle Cut" & Bayonet - dated 1859 Brunswick Guns the 505th was pulled backOriginal Item: Only One Available. These are exceedingly hard to find in any condition, especially the long rifles! The German states were apparently very good with "recycling" their obsolete weapons, and did not have any "Colonial Empire" to speak of until after 1884, which is where obsolete weapons were sent by other Colonial powers. We have only had two examples of Dreyse needle fire guns before, and they were manufactured decades later. This