Original Belgian M-1870 Comblain Infantry Falling Block Rifle - Serial 64437 British Antique Guns Each has a 30 round

Each has a 30 round capacity

but it is no clear enough to decipher the maker

Sometime after Sgt

Buckle clasp is fully functional

in the French style

Original Belgian M-1870 Comblain Infantry Falling Block Rifle - Serial 64437 British Antique Guns Each has a 30 roundOriginal 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 64437 NC It was described by W. W Greener in his 1871 book Modern Breechloaders: