Original French Lebel Modèle 1886 M93-R35 Converted Carbine by St. Etienne - Serial Number R 6352 Original Machine Guns so it may have been

so it may have been overlooked

and Phi Delta Theta

this may have been for use by an NCO in that the Ball top mount is slightly elevated by the use of an usual leaf shaped spacer providing extra height

and towns on the island of Sicily

- Original Russian ink stamps to the inside lining of the jacket

Original French Lebel Modèle 1886 M93-R35 Converted Carbine by St. Etienne - Serial Number R 6352 Original Machine Guns so it may have beenOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Lebel Model 1886 rifle (French: Fusil Modle 1886 dit "Fusil Lebel") is also known as the "Fusil Mle 1886 M93", after a bolt modification was added in 1893. It is an 8 mm bolt action infantry rifle that entered service in the French Army in 1887. The Lebel rifle has the distinction of being the first military firearm to use smokeless powder ammunition. The new propellant powder, "Poudre B," was nitrocellulose