Original Belgian M-1870 Comblain Infantry Falling Block Rifle dated 1884 - Serial 113228 Japanese Edged Weapons Brass fretted full guard with

Brass fretted full guard with sharkskin grip and brass wire binding

Overall an excellent example of a WWI Bavarian High Ranking Police Officer Pickelhaube in great condition

The shell chin strap is the correctly mid-war issue OD Green #3

but this assignment never materialized

It is a single side map constructed of heavy paper and is marked:

Original Belgian M-1870 Comblain Infantry Falling Block Rifle dated 1884 - Serial 113228 Japanese Edged Weapons Brass fretted full guard withOriginal 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: COMBLAIN BREVET 113228 NC Interestingly, it also has markings on the left side of the receiver,