Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Needle Fire Pioneer Short Rifle from Kingdom of Württemberg dated 1870 / 71 Field Gear 11 pieces 7

11 pieces 7

Troops burying dead soldiers would sometimes remove buttons from those they buried as a remembrance

though there is also number 1979

In late November

The left side of the barrel is stamped H

Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Needle Fire Pioneer Short Rifle from Kingdom of Württemberg dated 1870 / 71 Field Gear 11 pieces 7Original Item: Only One Available. These are really hard to find! In 1836 JOHANN NIKOLAUS VON DREYSE designed this breech loading cartridge system while the rest of the world were still using muzzleloaders. These were called Zndnadelgewehr, which translates roughly as "ignition needle rifle". These were adopted by the Prussian Military in 1841, and called the leichtes Perkussionsgewehr Modell 1841("light percussion rifle Model 1841"), with the name