Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle with Bayonet Swedish Militaria The steel strip is riveted

The steel strip is riveted in place

From 1939 onward

This work is beautifully executed having clearly been done by an experienced blacksmith or armorer

who did not initially have full access to standard Wehrmacht supply channels

CHURCHILL VII & VIII

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle with Bayonet Swedish Militaria The steel strip is rivetedOriginal 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. No sooner had the defeat occurred the French started fighting among