Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No F20947 Italian Flags whereupon they practiced the landing

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also included are copies of his Service Record to discharge on June 1st

raised in 1755 and became The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry after 1881

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No F20947 Italian Flags whereupon they practiced the landingOriginal 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