Description
Also included in this set is a lovely wool leg wraps
so there is not really a direct equivalent in the armed forces
The front and rear visors are still attached
it does not look likely to stir a man' soul
The helmet is faintly maker stamped and dated 19[36] between the front liner pads
Original Portuguese Kropatschek M.1886 Infantry Rifle made by ŒWG Steyr dated 1886 - Serial I26 Availability_International Also included in this setOriginal Item: One one Available. 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,