Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Needle Fire Pioneer Short Rifle from Kingdom of Württemberg dated 1870 / 71 Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts The 111th Field Artillery's guns

The 111th Field Artillery's guns were lost in the surf and its artillerymen ended up pinned down in front of Les Moulins like the 2nd Battalion after landing between 07:30 and 08:30

such as in this case

which makes them harder to find

the trunions

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

Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Needle Fire Pioneer Short Rifle from Kingdom of Württemberg dated 1870 / 71 Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts The 111th Field Artillery's gunsOriginal 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