Original Antique French Lebel Fusil Modèle 1886 M93 Infantry Rifle by St. Étienne dated 1888 - Serial B 11657 Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets and all steel construction made

and all steel construction made this the must less costly successor to the Thompson and Rising sub-machine guns of WWII

Nightly bombings interrupted operations but the 488th was still able to set cargo discharging records

There are numbers under each component present and identification cards with the corresponding numbers identifying each item

with the NSDAP insignia inset into the handle

This is a great set and typical of what soldiers would have been outfitted with later in the war

Original Antique French Lebel Fusil Modèle 1886 M93 Infantry Rifle by St. Étienne dated 1888 - Serial B 11657 Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets and all steel construction madeOriginal 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. It is a repeating rifle that can hold eight rounds in its forestock tube magazine, one round in the transporter plus one round in the chamber. The Lebel rifle has the