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FRANCE. Chassepot rifle model 1866, breech box...

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FRANCE. Chassepot rifle model 1866, breech box marked "Cahen - Lyon et cie, Glisenti à Brescia Mle 1866", walnut frame bearing a double badge, one dated 1872 the other "MA novembre 1884", buttplate bearing the number "9. H. 2. 99", designating the Prussian Hussar Regiment No. 9, proof of an assignment in the Imperial Army with arms seized in 1871, presence of German woodmarks. Cal. 11 mm. ABE