From the hands of the Riffs.
A little while ago the subject arose of Western guns used in the Middle East and North Africa, and the decoration they could have....so here's mine. A Gras that has been in the hands of the Riffs by the look of it, and one with a fair old history behind it, note the crowned N in the last pic, like many Gras' this is a reworked Chassepot.
This turned up at an open air antique fair, on a table with a rather nice Kabyle and a dozen gas pipe specials. I bought this, my friend the Kabyle and then we ran away.
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