Original French MLE 1866-74 M80 Brass Mounted Gras Camel Short Converted Rifle - Foreign Legion Swords The serial number is 443862B

The serial number is 443862B denoting the year of manufacture as 1893

A Presentation engraved British Officer's Sword marked 'B

M7/42 stands for the firm Weyersberg

ANDERSON & SONS

partially original these make an unique and an interesting display item of African post Colonial History

Original French MLE 1866-74 M80 Brass Mounted Gras Camel Short Converted Rifle - Foreign Legion Swords The serial number is 443862BOriginal Item: Only One Available. This lovely little brass mounted CAMEL carbine was issued for "Colonial Service", as indicated by the brass mounts, and was originally a needle fire Chassepot, the French ignition system introduced in 1866. It was a single shot bolt action rifle and was among the best of its kind at the type, being superior to the German Dreyse Needle fire system. It was quickly surpassed however, principally by the British Martini