Original Italian Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87 10.4mm Engineers Short Rifle made in Brescia dated 1880 - Serial C 7192 French Machine Guns So this cuff title was

So this cuff title was worn by an officer in the 4th Allgemeine-SS Regiment

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but the name and 1943 date are clear

In just one week the regiment recruited up to its full war-time strength and filled its first line of reinforcements

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Original Italian Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87 10.4mm Engineers Short Rifle made in Brescia dated 1880 - Serial C 7192 French Machine Guns So this cuff title wasOriginal Item: Only One Available. Now this is a rare opportunity! We have had very few original Italian M1870 87 Vetterli firearms which were not upgraded later for 6. 5mm Carcano. Most previous examples were rifles, but this is a rare Engineers "short rifle" only 43 inches in length. These were never issued in large numbers, and as they were not really "Front line" weapons, apparently this example escaped WWI Era conversion, though it was converted