Original French MLE 1866-74 M80 Gras Converted Rifle with Saber Bayonet and Scabbard - Dated 1873 Russian Machine Guns and the correct mid-war stamped

and the correct mid-war stamped blackened steel buckles for the OD Green #3 chin strap

This set is nicely marked Instrumenten-Besteck Nr

They arrived in Naples (picture of what it looks like today) at 1130 hours on October 6th to find that the Germans had sunken a number of ships at the harbor entrance and at the docks

inscribed and ready to display

Original French MLE 1866-74 M80 Gras Converted Rifle with Saber Bayonet and Scabbard - Dated 1873 Russian Machine Guns and the correct mid-war stampedOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Fusil Gras Modle 1874 M80 was a French service rifle of the 19th century. The Gras used by the French Army was an adaptation to metallic cartridge of the Chassepot breech loading rifle by Colonel Basile Gras. This example was originally a needle fire Chassepot, the French ignition system introduced in 1866. It was a single shot bolt action rifle and was among the best of its kind at the type, being superior to