FIREARMS. Chassepot model 1866 rifle, round barrel with flats marked by the imperial manufacture of Mutzig dated 1869, n° E 57418, bolt action with the same number, walnut stock stamped with the same number with badge dated September 1869, complete with its ramrod. Surface oxidation, needs cleaning. ABE. This rifle of blésoise origin is in its state of discovery, it presents an old label stuck on the stick unfortunately illegible which perhaps indicated its origin; There was a certain number of engagements around Blois between the Hessian troops then Prussian and the infantry or the mobile national guard during winter 1870-71.