Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Belgian Reworked Serial No 16920 Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly It was acquired from an

It was acquired from an Operation Iraqi Freedom and a photocopy of the bring back certificate with the veterans signature will accompany the sale of this helmet

• Lieutenant Nathaniel Burslem 1860 Second China War

This is the most scarce EGW knife made the "long blade fighter" with a 7 3/8” blade and factory-stamped ricasso is with the classic up-side down marking:

Overall a really wonderful and impressive piece

Condition of leather is good and supple

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Belgian Reworked Serial No 16920 Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly It was acquired from anOriginal 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