Original German / French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Converted to Carbine - Dated 1873 Snider Rifle Original Item: These are British

Original Item: These are British issue Royal Air Force Post World War II visor hats complete with black mohair bands and black leather visors that have been fitted with new made WWII impressive brass Warrant Officer hat badge which simulates the WWII issue

constructed of black Bakelite (or Vascelite) with screw top and waterproof seal designed to hold five 27mm flare cartridges (star shells)

so they may have bends in the blade

- Original unattached English made Flintlock lock with an early 1800s date

these were intended as "Cargo Parachutes" just like were used at Arnhem in "A Bridge Too Far"

Original German / French Model 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle Converted to Carbine - Dated 1873 Snider Rifle Original Item: These are BritishOriginal 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 Franco Prussian war of 1870 71. After the defeat the Prussians removed great quantities of the new French Needle fire rifles, which were a big improvement over the Dreyse Needle fire rifle, the Prussian equivalent that had been used during the war.