Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by St. Étienne Dated 1873 - Matching Serial P 62872 Browning LMG - Stalag IX-B January 9th

- Stalag IX-B January 9th

noting various different parts and processes during the assembly

with a nice patinated finish

He was the left waist gunner and flew as a member of the B-24 Liberator Duration Baby crew captained by Ross Baker

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by St. Étienne Dated 1873 - Matching Serial P 62872 Browning LMG - Stalag IX-B January 9thOriginal 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 Franco Prussian 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. During and after the conflict, about 665,000