Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Model 1862 Needle Fire Artillery Short Rifle by N. Dreyse Soemmerda dated 1863 - Serial 105 British Flags The tube measures 46″ with

The tube measures 46″ with a 1

His performance at the battalion level was described by his superiors as “truly exceptional

so it would assume to be a special design that was more comfortable to wear

stitched together from two pieces of fabric

There is some heavy wear to the entire hilt with some finish loss to the grip

Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Model 1862 Needle Fire Artillery Short Rifle by N. Dreyse Soemmerda dated 1863 - Serial 105 British Flags The tube measures 46″ withOriginal 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