Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Tulle dated 1868 - Matching Serial R 58369 British Documents & Books with traces of the original

with traces of the original plating visible on the frame

however the fuze itself does still unscrew from the body

Six A-24s were headed for Japanese Lae Airfield in eastern New Guinea

The album is hardcover and features a dark green embossed front cover with Chinese Dragons  as well as a naval anchor with life saver ring that reads IN MEMORY OF MY CHINA CRUISE

as the lock plate was originally slightly recessed in the stock

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Tulle dated 1868 - Matching Serial R 58369 British Documents & Books with traces of the originalOriginal 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