Original French Tabatière Breech Loading Rifle Converted to Shotgun and Marked to a U.S. Indian Agency c.1880 Feed Block Assembly 5' with a 16" diagonal

5' with a 16" diagonal tip-to-tip measurement

The steel scabbard shell is straight throughout and is the early-war style

except on the edge where it was sharpened

14th AF patch named to Cornell

over a Napoleonic wheeled cannon

Original French Tabatière Breech Loading Rifle Converted to Shotgun and Marked to a U.S. Indian Agency c.1880 Feed Block Assembly 5' with a 16" diagonalOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a truly interesting item, originating as a French breech loading military rifle withdrawn from service and then converted to a 12 gauge shotgun carbine intended for the third World market. This conversion took place in Lige, Belgium, as indicated by the E L G * in an oval "Tower of Lige" proof marks on the breech and barrel. However, instead of ending up in Africa, this example ended up in the United States, and