Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault serial A 61904 - dated 1895 MG 42 Mounts they did not switch to

they did not switch to the cheaper pot metal at any point during the period

and was originally a wholesaler of gunpowder

AF-44-14751

The wood propeller hub bears a silver plaque stating:

German French

Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault serial A 61904 - dated 1895 MG 42 Mounts they did not switch toOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Mannlicher Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II (1940). The Berthier design began as the "Mousquetons Berthier" a series of bolt action cavalry and artillery carbines with distinctly different actions from the Mle 1886 M93 8mm Lebel rifle. For instance, the Berthier carbine's bolt lugs lock