Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 by St. Étienne with Excellent Bore and Leather Sling - Matching Serial M 33896 ZB 26-ZB 30 with a very nice "paneled"

with a very nice "paneled" camouflage paint scheme which has been partially painted over with black paint over the years

Lieutenant Mairis was born in 1795

Bayntun co-ordinated the evacuation of the ships closest to him which were to be scuttled

While the 1st Battalion had been taking Monte Peloso

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 by St. Étienne with Excellent Bore and Leather Sling - Matching Serial M 33896 ZB 26-ZB 30 with a very nice "paneled"Original 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