Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Matching Serial P 69598 Japanese Ordnance The crossguards are nickel and

The crossguards are nickel and in great condition

The cork body of this helmet is covered by blue cloth and all the mounts are gilded brass showing some wear

being unsure whether the real distance was 2000 meters or 2300 meters

That afternoon the Third Corps

The Helmet plate is marked to the BEDFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY directly North of London

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Matching Serial P 69598 Japanese Ordnance The crossguards are nickel andOriginal 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