Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by St. Étienne dated 1871 - Matching Serial L 79569 Receiver Arriving in Vietnam in October

Arriving in Vietnam in October 1967

A very nice collector set from WWII

It was developed in Germany and used extensively by the Axis powers during World War II

The black leather visor is in good condition retaining its shape without distortion but has crazing and shows some flecking

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by St. Étienne dated 1871 - Matching Serial L 79569 Receiver Arriving in Vietnam in OctoberOriginal 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. The Chassepot rifle of 1866 was a single shot bolt action rifle and