Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Model 1862 Needle Fire Artillery Short Rifle by N. Dreyse Soemmerda dated 1863 - Serial 105 British Flags The serial number on the

The serial number on the crossguard reads as 288

often referred to as a "Long" Lee-Enfield

His performance at the battalion level was described by his superiors as “truly exceptional

an Imperial German Senior NCO rank in the Cavalry & Artillery equivalent to a Vizefeldwebel in the Infantry

Original German Dreyse Zündnadel Model 1862 Needle Fire Artillery Short Rifle by N. Dreyse Soemmerda dated 1863 - Serial 105 British Flags The serial number on theOriginal 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