Original French Fusil Mle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Rare Maker Cahen-Lyon et Cie - Dated 1868 British Flare Guns were purchased by IMA in

were purchased by IMA in Turkey in 1994 together with 166 German western front MG08 water cooled Machine guns which the Allies had supplied to Turkey in 1919

which in the Western Desert affected all infantry machine guns to some extent

rifle grenades

Leather case is stamped:

There were numerous smiths using this name active during the Showa period and before

Original French Fusil Mle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Rare Maker Cahen-Lyon et Cie - Dated 1868 British Flare Guns were purchased by IMA inOriginal 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