Original Austrian Massive M1870 Rast & Gasser Patent 11.3mm Revolver by Leopold Gasser serial 187043 - c.1885 Belgian Militaria with HARPERS / FERRY /

with HARPERS / FERRY / 1848 on the lock plate tail

This particular helmet bears a King's crown on the helmet plate indicating it was issued after 1901

Copper is typical for the older blades

an original example of the blue N1 is extremely hard to find in any condition

Before Spectre could tell of her tales of Phnom Penh

Original Austrian Massive M1870 Rast & Gasser Patent 11.3mm Revolver by Leopold Gasser serial 187043 - c.1885 Belgian Militaria with HARPERS / FERRY /Original Item: Only One Available. The Gasser M1870 was a revolver chambered for 11. 336mmR and was adopted by the Austro Hungarian Cavalry in 1870. It was an open frame model, with the barrel unit attached to the frame by a screw beneath the cylinder arbor. The arbor pin was screwed into the barrel unit and fitted into a recess in the standing breech. The cylinder was gate loaded from the right side, and a rod ejector was carried beneath the barrel.