Original French Fusil Mle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Rare Maker Cahen-Lyon et Cie - Dated 1868 British Flare Guns Original WW2 era packing carton

Original WW2 era packing carton containing Two Bakelite Earphones that slip inside the cloth flying helmet each marked with "A

northeast of Aachen

The serial number 22733 of this wonderful Spencer repeating rifle is in the range of Spencer rifles that were issued during the U

Mission #41 July 24

were purchased by IMA in Turkey in 1994 together with 166 German western front MG08 water cooled Machine guns which the Allies had supplied to Turkey in 1919

Original French Fusil Mle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Rare Maker Cahen-Lyon et Cie - Dated 1868 British Flare Guns Original WW2 era packing cartonOriginal 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