Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Model 1862 Needle Fire Artillery Short Rifle by N. Dreyse Soemmerda dated 1863 - Serial 105 Spanish Militaria across multiple theatres of action

across multiple theatres of action

The black construction and eagle style denotes the Fascist MVSN or a connected organization

Not to worry

Only the stock is numbered differently with 81640 stamped on the buttstock

Research indicates this was an extra ammo box that was used in the nose and tail sections of the B-17

Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Model 1862 Needle Fire Artillery Short Rifle by N. Dreyse Soemmerda dated 1863 - Serial 105 Spanish Militaria across multiple theatres of actionOriginal Item: Only One Available. These are really hard to find! In 1836 JOHANN NIKOLAUS VON DREYSE designed this breech loading cartridge system while the rest of the world were still using muzzleloaders. These were called Zndnadelgewehr, which translates roughly as "ignition needle rifle". These were adopted by the Prussian Military in 1841, and called the leichtes Perkussionsgewehr Modell 1841 ("light percussion rifle Model 1841"), with the name