Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Needle Fire Pioneer Short Rifle from Kingdom of Württemberg dated 1870 / 71 Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts The large top mount completely

The large top mount completely embossed with military cyphers including skull and cross bones with the top engraved:

and was forced to surrender

Overall an excellent extra large size 68 M42 Single Decal Heer Army helmet

frame and grip bottom strap strap have matching serial number 98872

however this fine Swiss-made example is actually marked CORPS OF ENGINEERS U

Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Needle Fire Pioneer Short Rifle from Kingdom of Württemberg dated 1870 / 71 Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts The large top mount completelyOriginal 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