Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 - Serial No 6649 Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets Blade 18 1/4" long with

Blade 18 1/4" long with overall length of 26"

correct in every respect

the division moved into corps reserve at Sangerhausen

14–23 October

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1871 - Serial No 6649 Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets Blade 18 1/4" long withOriginal 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