Original Belgian M-1870 Comblain Infantry Falling Block Rifle - Serial 64437 Russian Ordnance Original Item: 65th Regiment raised

Original Item: 65th Regiment raised in 1756

like most things USGI blades are evaluated based on scarcity and condition

The more translucent ivory will turn a yellow color with age

it completed the circuit and ignited the primer

Measuring 28" overall length this nice sword bayonet has a 22

Original Belgian M-1870 Comblain Infantry Falling Block Rifle - Serial 64437 Russian Ordnance Original Item: 65th Regiment raisedOriginal Item: One Only. Invented by Joseph Hugo Comblain, a Belgian Gun designer from Liege, this is a single short falling block weapon of ingenious design. It was adopted by Belgium, Brazil and Chile, but was up against the British Martini Henry Rifle of even better design that dominated most of the 1870s. It is marked on the side of the receiver with: COMBLAIN BREVET 64437 NC It was described by W. W Greener in his 1871 book Modern Breechloaders: