Original Italian Vetterli M1870/87/15 Infantry Rifle made in Torino Converted to 6.5mm - Dated 1883 Cannons & Mortars 000 M9s marked "M9/06MA8/USA

000 M9s marked "M9/06MA8/USA

Amazingly this is still in the configuration as the day it was made

but the entire band escaped across the plains

this helmet dates from late 1943 to mid 1944

Original Italian Vetterli M1870/87/15 Infantry Rifle made in Torino Converted to 6.5mm - Dated 1883 Cannons & Mortars 000 M9s marked "M9/06MA8/USAOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M1870 Vetterli was the Italian service rifle from 1870 1887. The M1870 was a single shot bolt action rifle chambered for the 10. 4mm Vetterli centrefire cartridge, at first loaded with black powder and later with smokeless powder. The M1870 was based upon the M1869 Swiss Vetterli but simplified for economy. Starting in 1887, all model 1870s were updated to the M1870 87 Italian Vetterli Vitali variant, which has a