Original Belgian M-1870 Comblain Falling Block Carbine with Saber Bayonet - Serial 61022 Untouched Antique Guns soon to become a household

soon to become a household word after the Christmas of 1944

The pants are in excellent condition

MACV was disestablished on 29 March 1973 and replaced by the Defense Attaché Office

as used by the Red Army during WWII

CLAUDE BEDDINGTON

Original Belgian M-1870 Comblain Falling Block Carbine with Saber Bayonet - Serial 61022 Untouched Antique Guns soon to become a householdOriginal Item: One Only. Invented by Joseph Hugo Comblain, a Belgian Gun designer from Liege, this is a single short falling block weapon of ingenious design. It was adopted by Belgium, Brazil and Chile, but was up against the British Martini Henry Rifle of even better design that dominated most of the 1870s. It is marked on the side of the receiver with (partly worn away): COMBLAIN BREVET 61022 NC It was described by W. W Greener in his 1871 book