Original Antique French WWI Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1890 M16 Upgraded Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne dated 1892 - Serial F 16875 Antique Flintlock Firearms and as first-line troops in

and as first-line troops in emergencies

While modern feather bonnets make good use of more "modern" materials

with three flags/banners on each side

so the indexing is slightly off

who was attached to the 10th (Scottish) Battalion during the Great War

Original Antique French WWI Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1890 M16 Upgraded Saddle-Ring Carbine by Saint-Étienne dated 1892 - Serial F 16875 Antique Flintlock Firearms and as first-line troops inOriginal 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