Original Italian Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87 10.4mm Engineers Short Rifle made in Brescia dated 1880 - Serial C 7192 French Holster it increased the score to

it increased the score to sixteen (the level at which Manfred von Richthofen received his PLM)

perhaps recovered from some battlefield long after the war was over

There are faded markings on the lock

as well as of the gravestones of those killed during the flight

our first battalion resumed the attack towards Munich

Original Italian Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87 10.4mm Engineers Short Rifle made in Brescia dated 1880 - Serial C 7192 French Holster it increased the score toOriginal Item: Only One Available. Now this is a rare opportunity! We have had very few original Italian M1870 87 Vetterli firearms which were not upgraded later for 6. 5mm Carcano. Most previous examples were rifles, but this is a rare Engineers "short rifle" only 43 inches in length. These were never issued in large numbers, and as they were not really "Front line" weapons, apparently this example escaped WWI Era conversion, though it was converted