Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 by St. Étienne with Excellent Bore and Leather Sling - Matching Serial M 33896 ZB 26-ZB 30 complete with the correct leather

complete with the correct leather belt

Overall this is a lovely pistol with a great bore

with a very nice "paneled" camouflage paint scheme which has been partially painted over with black paint over the years

Key rescued a survivor from an LCM sunk by a mine in the harbor

He participated in the WPA mural projects and was known as an illustrator for magazines as well as for his commercial art

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 by St. Étienne with Excellent Bore and Leather Sling - Matching Serial M 33896 ZB 26-ZB 30 complete with the correct leatherOriginal 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 Franco Prussian 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. During and after the conflict, about 665,000