Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault serial B 728 - dated 1897 Restoration Materials The grenade still retains much

The grenade still retains much of its original green/gray coat of paint

and only a few SA daggers have been reported with the Oval trademark on their blade

There are some small missing chunks on the front of the foregrip on both sides

so one might expect the belt itself to be somewhat short

not the usual two seen on these rifles

Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault serial B 728 - dated 1897 Restoration Materials The grenade still retains muchOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Mannlicher Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II (1940). The Berthier design began as the "Mousquetons Berthier" a series of bolt action cavalry and artillery carbines with distinctly different actions from the Mle 1886 M93 8mm Lebel rifle. For instance, the Berthier carbine's bolt lugs lock