Original Rare North African Embossed Iron & Brass Clad Miquelet Tanchika Carbine with Rifled Barrel - circa 1800 French Flags By June 1943

By June 1943

The outbreak of World War II in Europe caused the NSKK ranks to be recruited to serve in the transport corps of various German military branches

It has additional Swiss proof mark stampings

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

with only minor differences

Original Rare North African Embossed Iron & Brass Clad Miquelet Tanchika Carbine with Rifled Barrel - circa 1800 French Flags By June 1943Original 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