Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Contract Rifle by Glisenti of Brescia through Cahen-Lyon et Cie dated 1868 - Serial U 35310 British Antique Guns which is exactly where you

which is exactly where you would expect caps such as these to be made and retailed

The serial number is 473453B denoting the year of manufacture as 1894

Her aircraft struck hard with bombing and strafing attacks against enemy supply lines and coordinated bombing missions with surface gun strikes along the coast

Air medal with 3 clusters and E

unfortunately broken and in need of gluing in its fitted leather covered case

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Contract Rifle by Glisenti of Brescia through Cahen-Lyon et Cie dated 1868 - Serial U 35310 British Antique Guns which is exactly where youOriginal 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