Original Rare North African Embossed Iron & Brass Clad Miquelet Tanchika Carbine with Rifled Barrel - circa 1800 French Flags and still rings clear if

and still rings clear if one knows how to use it

It has additional Swiss proof mark stampings

carrying up to 12 million passengers (1913)

We have seen these described as both "Pioneer Machetes" and "Officer's Swords"

but did not replace the standard issue muzzle-loading rifled muskets in use at the time

Original Rare North African Embossed Iron & Brass Clad Miquelet Tanchika Carbine with Rifled Barrel - circa 1800 French Flags and still rings clear ifOriginal Item: One of a kind. The Miquelet (Migulet) Tanchika was the traditional muzzle loading long gun of the Balkans and Greece in the early to mid 1800s. The design also saw use across the Mediterranean in North Africa, where it could be found in this rare carbine form, complete with the typical body sling rings on the left side. It features a 24 inch long HEPTAGONAL (7 sided barrel), which has a . 59" bore with seven groove rifling, something we