Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Model 1866 Needle Fire Saddle Ring Carbine with Stützen Stock - Serial 84 18th Century Specifications:Blade Length: 19 1/4"Blade Style:

Specifications:Blade Length: 19 1/4"Blade Style: Double Edged "Gladius" styleOverall length: 25 1/4“Crossguard: 4 1/4”Scabbard Length: 20"

both in lovely condition

A very nice Civil War Era Austrian Percussion Musket

and looks to be made of stamped and painted zinc

though the rope is most likely not original

Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Model 1866 Needle Fire Saddle Ring Carbine with Stützen Stock - Serial 84 18th Century Specifications:Blade Length: 19 1/4"Blade Style:Original Item: Only One Available. These are really hard to find! In 1836 JOHANN NIKOLAUS VON DREYSE designed this breech loading cartridge system while the rest of the world were still using muzzleloaders. These were called Zndnadelgewehr, which translates roughly as "ignition needle rifle". These were adopted by the Prussian Military in 1841, and called the leichtes Perkussionsgewehr Modell 1841("light percussion rifle Model 1841"), with the name