Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Cavalry Carbine made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial B866 Lanchester SMG He then participated in the

He then participated in the Battle of the Bulge - The Ardennes Offensive and is documented as jumping into Germany on March 24th

[7][8] The squadron departed Davis-Monthan for Camp Harahan

The steel ramrod replaced with a wooden example

There is even an original data plate on the bipod leg

The original Gothic Sallet

Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Cavalry Carbine made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial B866 Lanchester SMG He then participated in theOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1886 ALFRED VON KROPATSCHEK designed an 8mm rimmed cartridge rifle that became the fore runner to the French LEBEL. Known as the 1886 Kropatschek Rifle it's big customer was PORTUGAL. Production lasted from 1886 until 1898, however many saw service in the First World War and later in the Spanish Civil War of the 1930's. Kropatschek's rifles used a tubular magazine (constructed of nickel plated steel) of his