Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Model 1862 Needle Fire Artillery Short Rifle by N. Dreyse Soemmerda dated 1863 - Serial 105 Snider Rifle 'circle of the sun')

'circle of the sun')

A classic Great War German flare gun that may have seen service in both world wars

Upon the leading edges of its flaired main gear legs were mounted the Jericho-Trompete (Jericho trumpet) wailing sirens

The original Navy Contract size label is still intact as well

Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Model 1862 Needle Fire Artillery Short Rifle by N. Dreyse Soemmerda dated 1863 - Serial 105 Snider Rifle 'circle of the sun')Original 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