Original Antique French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1890 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault - serial B29922 Receiver the Wallace Collection

the Wallace Collection

Each is approximately 25 years old and already shows age

It features one remaining tie to the staff side and stitched borders

the rescue party located the drifting soldiers after a two-hour search in a heavy storm and brought them safely to shore

making camp in a swamp

Original Antique French Mannlicher Berthier Mle 1890 Saddle-Ring Carbine by Châtellerault - serial B29922 Receiver the Wallace CollectionOriginal 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