Original Swiss Infanteriegewehr Model 1863 Military Percussion Rifle with Set Trigger - Circa 1865 German Awards Medals Badges Insignia The Royal Engineer Volunteers:

The Royal Engineer Volunteers:

just some wear from the scabbard in areas

Tunisia as part of the United States Army Air Forces in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations as a strategic air force

and the butt stock in particular shows a bit of light figuring in the grain

This example still has clear optics and leather carry case

Original Swiss Infanteriegewehr Model 1863 Military Percussion Rifle with Set Trigger - Circa 1865 German Awards Medals Badges Insignia The Royal Engineer Volunteers:Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very interesting example of what we believe to be a Swiss Infanteriegewehr (Infantry Rifle) Model 1863, the first Swiss army service rifle to feature a rifled barrel. There had previously been the very similar Feldstutzer 1851, the first the first service rifle used by the Swiss armed forces to be procured by the federal government, however it was only issued in limited numbers. Like other Swiss infantry