Original Antique French Lebel Modèle 1886 M93-R35 Converted Carbine by Tulle - Serial Number FL 95398 Japanese Army John Tamburlin - Box 114

John Tamburlin - Box 114 Rerey

The pistol is 11 3/4 inches in overall length

with almost all of the original nickel plate retained

The four posthumous awards were sent to the recipients' wives

Original Antique French Lebel Modèle 1886 M93-R35 Converted Carbine by Tulle - Serial Number FL 95398 Japanese Army John Tamburlin - Box 114Original Item: Only One Available. The Lebel Model 1886 rifle (French: Fusil Modle 1886 dit "Fusil Lebel") is also known as the "Fusil Mle 1886 M93", after a bolt modification was added in 1893. It is an 8 mm bolt action infantry rifle that entered service in the French Army in 1887. The Lebel rifle has the distinction of being the first military firearm to use smokeless powder ammunition. The new propellant powder, "Poudre B," was nitrocellulose