Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne with Sling - dated 1895 Barrels Meron Costroff

Meron Costroff

Apparently George had lots of down time in the trenches during the Great War

The reverse is marked in ink R

This rendered the rifle and launcher useless and required repair by an armorer with special tools

assaulting Monte La Remetanea from 6 to 9 December

Original French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1892 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne with Sling - dated 1895 Barrels Meron CostroffOriginal 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