Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot by Mutzig Captured by Germany and Converted to Carbine Napoleonic With the 1943 date and

With the 1943 date and marking on the blade

All of this is very nicely mounted under a sheet of glass in a metal frame

or Bayonet Division

This consists of the inletted stock

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot by Mutzig Captured by Germany and Converted to Carbine Napoleonic With the 1943 date andOriginal 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. During and after the conflict, about 665,000 Chassepot rifles had