Original Austrian Mannlicher M1886 Chilean Contract Infantry Rifle in 11mm by Œ.W.G. Steyr - Serial 6818 II Display Guns & Parts Sets The crown has the white

The crown has the white horse-hair plume and there are gold side buttons

date and serial number under a Crown over K proof mark: M-1829 /1833 - 499

The rear skirt has a name and unit number written on the inside:

then Captain Leon M Williamson was one of those pilots

Original Austrian Mannlicher M1886 Chilean Contract Infantry Rifle in 11mm by Œ.W.G. Steyr - Serial 6818 II Display Guns & Parts Sets The crown has the whiteOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a good example of this rare early Austrian Infantry Rifle in 11mm designed by FERDINAND RITTER VON MANNLICHER. The M1886 itself was an improvement of the Mannlicher Model 1885 Trials Rifle that was a prototype, meant to replace the by then obsolete M1867 Werndl Holub drum breech single shot rifle. It was the first of the Austrio Hungarian service rifles to introduce the feature of the clip dropping out of the