Original French Fusil Mle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Rare Maker Cahen-Lyon et Cie - Dated 1868 Sterling SMG was literally "customs gold yuan"

was literally "customs gold yuan" but the English name given on the back of the notes was "customs gold unit"

This would hook into a heavy leather belt with "D-rings" for attaching accessories

The Helmet:

casualty etc is documented

displaying remarkable Baroque imagination and artistry

Original French Fusil Mle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Rare Maker Cahen-Lyon et Cie - Dated 1868 Sterling SMG was literally "customs gold yuan"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 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