Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault serial B 728 - dated 1897 Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets which suggests 1942-1943 production

which suggests 1942-1943 production

with areas completely illegible:

B0316500 and a Broad Arrow

was hit by 37 mm AAA

This lovely example was originally manufactured at the Springfield Armory in 1833

Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault serial B 728 - dated 1897 Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets which suggests 1942-1943 productionOriginal 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