Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Mutzig dated 1868 with Bayonet - Serial D 279.59 German Field Equipment Genuine Italian M31 gas masks

Genuine Italian M31 gas masks still is supple with all straps and

AH asked the newly formed Slovak Republic (independent from March 1939) to join the invasion of Poland

including the Mary Lou

6 April 1945

The steel hilt guard bears a Royal Cypher of Queen Victoria showing intertwined VR standing for Victoria Regina

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Mutzig dated 1868 with Bayonet - Serial D 279.59 German Field Equipment Genuine Italian M31 gas masksOriginal 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