Original Antique French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1890 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne dated 1891 - serial F33314 Japanese Artwork & Posters who had served as a

who had served as a division commander in the IX Corps

and is closed with six pebbled aluminum buttons on the right breast flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap

The bolt components however do not match

The engraving on the top of the barrel is clear:

until 1812

Original Antique French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1890 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne dated 1891 - serial F33314 Japanese Artwork & Posters who had served as aOriginal 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