Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault Dated 1897 with Sling and Clip - Matching Serial A 89527 MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets but no major damage like

but no major damage like cracks or gouges

as these were removable

the two-inch mortar was kept in service to fire smoke and illuminating rounds

had been asked to deliver the helmets ‘to be tested for their expediency during the autumn manoeuvres next year’

Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault Dated 1897 with Sling and Clip - Matching Serial A 89527 MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets but no major damage likeOriginal 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