Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot by Mutzig Captured by Germany and Converted to Carbine Napoleonic received orders cancelling the Yap

received orders cancelling the Yap campaign and directing Bolivar to Manus in the Admiralty Islands

All of this is very nicely mounted under a sheet of glass in a metal frame

Markings: 2189 / O and 41 fnj

The attack commenced at 7:48 a

or Bayonet Division

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot by Mutzig Captured by Germany and Converted to Carbine Napoleonic received orders cancelling the YapOriginal 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. During and after the conflict, about 665,000 Chassepot rifles had