Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by St. Étienne dated 1871 - Matching Serial L 79569 Flintlock Pistols 1 - SS - Leibstandarte

1 - SS - Leibstandarte SS

we very carefully removed the Russian Double-Headed Eagle badge

The Italian model differed somewhat from its original Swiss design in that attention was paid to streamlining the product for Italian Army requirements

made by the very seldom seen firm of Wilhelm Kober & Co

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by St. Étienne dated 1871 - Matching Serial L 79569 Flintlock Pistols 1 - SS - LeibstandarteOriginal 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