Original French Fusil Mle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Rare Maker Cahen-Lyon et Cie - Dated 1867 U.S. Helmets/Hats Next to the bird is

Next to the bird is the firms name and location:

On his “Application for Commission in the Regular Army” he lists civilian employment as grocery clerk

Volkswohlfahrt (NSDAP District Glentorf Dept

with all parts intact and no springs broken

In unissued but storage aged condition

Original French Fusil Mle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Rare Maker Cahen-Lyon et Cie - Dated 1867 U.S. Helmets/Hats Next to the bird isOriginal 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