Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne - dated 1894 Antique Percussion Firearms perhaps with some splits and

perhaps with some splits and missing most all buttons and gimp/insignia

the dome covered in a celluloid moisture-resistant shield

who would continue to carry a dirk throughout adulthood as a sign of his rank and position

This blade has been shortened and re-hilted at least 3 times

Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne - dated 1894 Antique Percussion Firearms perhaps with some splits andOriginal 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