Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle with Bayonet Swedish Militaria this is embossed with the

this is embossed with the Rose

These helmets bore a stamped metal crest on the front depicting the province or township to which the fire-fighting unit belonged

This work is beautifully executed having clearly been done by an experienced blacksmith or armorer

These measure approximately 13 inches high

who did not initially have full access to standard Wehrmacht supply channels

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle with Bayonet Swedish Militaria this is embossed with theOriginal 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