Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 8092 U.S. Militaria Also included are the following

Also included are the following five ribbon bars: Bronze Star

this spring forced the toggle to straighten up from its bent position

From what research has been done we suspect this was a British Naval Specialized weapon intended as a pyrotechnic devise that could fire a flaming projectile onto the sails of an enemy ship

To achieve the higher velocity

The three parachute battalions with approximately 3

Original French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Dated 1867 - Matching Serial No 8092 U.S. Militaria Also included are the followingOriginal 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