Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Matching Serial P 69598 Japanese Uniforms COBLENZ GERMANY 1919 This is

COBLENZ GERMANY 1919 This is an exceptional named grouping from an extremely rare bench of the AEF during the Great War

- Original discharge from the 97th New York Volunteer Infantry dated August 1864

All are embossed on the bottom:

The shell is maker marked with the stamping on the underside of the rim ZF 51

The Silver plate has been left unpolished to preserve the lovely patina

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1873 - Matching Serial P 69598 Japanese Uniforms COBLENZ GERMANY 1919 This isOriginal 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