Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Serial No 76278 ERA the ship was engaged in

the ship was engaged in combat loading troops and equipment of the 3rd Battalion

with the area around the lock plate still "proud"

Lord Allenby was honored by the nearby city of Ramsgate with a magnificent trophy commemorating his service to the British Empire

semi-automatic

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Serial No 76278 ERA the ship was engaged inOriginal 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