Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Tulle dated 1868 - Matching Serial R 58369 Japanese Navy Fantastic early war quality

Fantastic early war quality

with the expected wear and degradation where it is wrapped around the guard

Pattern 1903

Research reveals that serial number 127564 dates to year of manufacture of 1898

this is a fantastic 2-inch Mark 8* British Mortar

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Tulle dated 1868 - Matching Serial R 58369 Japanese Navy Fantastic early war qualityOriginal 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