Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886/89 Colonial Infantry Rifle made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial U751 Fusee Spring & Cover just inside the first belt

just inside the first belt of pillboxes of the infamous Siegfried Line

Measures approximately 24" tall by 22" wide these were carried by the Arab BERBER or TUAREG tribes throughout Algeria

The saw still has heavy amounts of packing grease present throughout the metal and the teeth are still quite sharp

Instituted on 10 September 1918 by the Finnish Senate in Helsinki

rather indicating that some enterprising sailor saw an opportunity to make money once the ship went out of service

Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886/89 Colonial Infantry Rifle made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial U751 Fusee Spring & Cover just inside the first beltOriginal Item: One one Available. In 1886 ALFRED VON KROPATSCHEK designed an 8mm rimmed cartridge rifle that became the fore runner to the French LEBEL. Known as the 1886 Kropatschek Rifle it's big customer was PORTUGAL. Production lasted from 1886 until 1898, however many saw service in the First World War and later in the Spanish Civil War of the 1930's. Kropatschek's rifles used a tubular magazine (constructed of nickel plated steel) of his design,