Original Austro-Hungarian M73/77 Werndl–Holub Rotary Breech Extra-Corps Carbine Serial 5568B - Dated 1882 Books & Films The resultant prototype was a

The resultant prototype was a crude

The grips are dark from oil and grease

It is a fact that even common soldiers were issued cane swagger sticks when going on leave in WW1

though some of the left end has pulled out and broken off

1917-1919 by Russell Gordon Carter)

Original Austro-Hungarian M73/77 Werndl–Holub Rotary Breech Extra-Corps Carbine Serial 5568B - Dated 1882 Books & Films The resultant prototype was aOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M1867 Werndl Holub was a single shot breech loading rifle that the Austro Hungarian army adopted in 1867. It replaced the Wanzl breech loader conversion of the muzzle loading Lorenz rifle. Josef Werndl (1831 1889) and Karel Holub (1830 1903) designed and patented their design; Werndl later bought out all the rights. The Werndl Holub rifle began production in 1867, produced by the the Josef und Franz Werndl &