Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault Dated 1897 with Sling and Clip - Matching Serial A 89527 MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets had been asked to deliver

had been asked to deliver the helmets ‘to be tested for their expediency during the autumn manoeuvres next year’

By December 31

a less elaborate version called Ambang is used as an everyday practical tool

and light wear

A great example with its original contents

Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault Dated 1897 with Sling and Clip - Matching Serial A 89527 MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets had been asked to deliverOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Mannlicher Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II (1940). The Berthier design began as the "Mousquetons Berthier" a series of bolt action cavalry and artillery carbines with distinctly different actions from the Mle 1886 M93 8mm Lebel rifle. For instance, the Berthier carbine's bolt lugs lock