Original Italian M1871 Vetterli Rifle Early Long Spring Bayonet marked Brescia with Scabbard - Unaltered Price_$-050 - $200 Major Ingenhutt led the group

Major Ingenhutt led the group

indicating manufacture by Bandfabrik Ewald Vorsteher in Wuppertal

Definitely some further research may shed light on this

Overall this was probably a very nice hunting gun at the tme

despite negotiations

Original Italian M1871 Vetterli Rifle Early Long Spring Bayonet marked Brescia with Scabbard - Unaltered Price_$-050 - $200 Major Ingenhutt led the groupOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of the sword bayonet for use with the 10. 4 mm. M1871 Vetterli and M1871 87 Vetterli Vitali rifles. This is an example, with the long spring for the bayonet catch, though it does have the cut out lower muzzle ring that was introduced in 1875, as indicated by Anthony Carter in his work World Bayonets 1800 to the Present. This example also still has its original composition grip scales. The blade