Original Rare Prussian Dreyse M-1860 Brass Hilted Fusilier Bayonet by A. & E. Höller with Regimental Markings U.S. Flare Guns so that the internal structure

so that the internal structure can be viewed

eventually made numerous copies of it

All steel trigger guard

This is a superb recent attic find

but has faint stampings to the interior

Original Rare Prussian Dreyse M-1860 Brass Hilted Fusilier Bayonet by A. & E. Höller with Regimental Markings U.S. Flare Guns so that the internal structureOriginal item: One Only. This is an Exceptionally RARE Prussian Bayonet, made for the M 1860 Dreyse Needlefire Fusilier Rifle. The Zndnadelgewehr (ignition needle rifle) was the invention of Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, a German gunsmith from the Prussian region. This design was the first breech loading fiream design to use bolt action to open and close the chamber. The design was use during the middle portion of the 19th century, when the M1860 Dreyse