Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Light Infantry Carbine made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial C157 Gun Parts The top of the plate

The top of the plate bears the “King’s Crown” of British King George VI

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an impregnable natural fortress the Germans had held over four years

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who were stationed in Shanghai

Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Light Infantry Carbine made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial C157 Gun Parts The top of the plateOriginal Item: One Only. 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, of the