Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault serial A 61904 - dated 1895 MG 42 Mounts Original Item: This breech block

Original Item: This breech block and toggle assembly includes the hinge pin

German French

The wood propeller hub bears a silver plaque stating:

they did not switch to the cheaper pot metal at any point during the period

Jacket is in very good condition and certainly can be worn

Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault serial A 61904 - dated 1895 MG 42 Mounts Original Item: This breech blockOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Mannlicher Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II (1940). The Berthier design began as the "Mousquetons Berthier" a series of bolt action cavalry and artillery carbines with distinctly different actions from the Mle 1886 M93 8mm Lebel rifle. For instance, the Berthier carbine's bolt lugs lock