Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Needle Fire M1874 Baden Border Guard Rifle made by F. v. Dreyse Sömmerda 20th Century All four dome headed screws

All four dome headed screws are retained and in great shape

but assisted by a Tank Platoon from the adjacent Third Army unit

Butt stock is stamped with serial number 602

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The official record is itself filled in with some fascinating details of his life through the source of his sister Varvara Lansky (nee Varvara Ivanovich Odoevsky) and the regimental history of the Pavlograd Hussars Regiment

Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Needle Fire M1874 Baden Border Guard Rifle made by F. v. Dreyse Sömmerda 20th Century All four dome headed screwsOriginal 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