Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886/89 Colonial Infantry Rifle by ŒWG Steyr Dated 1886 with Bayonet and Scabbard - Serial Z756 Manufacture Type_Original Items and an envelope

and an envelope

and what look to be some adapters and possibly some flash bulbs

leaving scattered scuffing as well as removal of the cross grain near the edges

she was in drydock with a pair of destroyers when the Japanese launched their surprise attack on the port

with a Waffenamt inspection stamp to the right

Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886/89 Colonial Infantry Rifle by ŒWG Steyr Dated 1886 with Bayonet and Scabbard - Serial Z756 Manufacture Type_Original Items and an envelopeOriginal Item: One one Available. In 1886 ALFRED VON KROPATSCHEK designed an 8mm rimmed cartridge rifle that became the fore runner to the French LEBEL. Known as the 1886 Kropatschek Rifle it's big customer was PORTUGAL. Production lasted from 1886 until 1898, however many saw service in the First World War and later in the Spanish Civil War of the 1930's. Kropatschek's rifles used a tubular magazine (constructed of nickel plated steel) of his design,