Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne Serial G28629 - dated 1894 French Ordnance entering service later that year

entering service later that year

This WWII U

15 October 1941

•- German manufactured maker’s code with size marking “66” stamped on the interior of the shell found over the wearer’s left ear

though we do not know if this is a Reichswehr marking

Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne Serial G28629 - dated 1894 French Ordnance entering service later that yearOriginal 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