Original French Fusil Mle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Rare Maker with Bayonet - Dated 1870/71 Field Gear Afrikakorps infantry were issued with

Afrikakorps infantry were issued with the traditional European sun helmet known as Tropische Kopfbedeckung

which was the start of the drive that led to the breaching of the Siegfried line in the Aachen area

including the numerous replacements who formed the genuine fighting strength of the Battalion

destroying only 12 enemy's fighters

This example is our last remaining Ferguson type breach loading Flintlock Rifle expressly made for the East India Company by the London Gunmaker Henry Nock dated 1776

Original French Fusil Mle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Rare Maker with Bayonet - Dated 1870/71 Field Gear Afrikakorps infantry were issued withOriginal 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. No sooner had the defeat occurred the French started fighting among