Original French Tabatière Breech Loading Rifle Converted to Shotgun and Marked to a U.S. Indian Agency c.1880 Feed Block Assembly and drawings of a machine

and drawings of a machine for patent all assigned to BEERS

Which translates to "15 Smoke Hand Grenades

14th AF patch named to Cornell

except on the edge where it was sharpened

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

Original French Tabatière Breech Loading Rifle Converted to Shotgun and Marked to a U.S. Indian Agency c.1880 Feed Block Assembly and drawings of a machineOriginal 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 This is a truly interesting item, originating as a French breech loading military rifle withdrawn from service and then converted to a 12 gauge shotgun carbine intended for the third World market.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