Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Châtellerault dated 1872 - Matching Serial C 75249 French Flags It is a nice red

It is a nice red "Keystone" emblem

We have seen other examples of private purchase bayonets and knives with this stamping

These were a mixture of the standard stahlhelm M35

which can make identification difficult

We've never seen a large Japanese Flag converted to a "Good Luck" flag like this

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by Châtellerault dated 1872 - Matching Serial C 75249 French Flags It is a nice redOriginal 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