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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 26690809, member: 86815&quot;]Thank you [USER=102103]@The Eidolon[/USER] , that is an interesting coin. The French infantry outgunned the Germans with their Chassepot rifles good to 1200 metres whilst the Germans had the notoriously fickle Dreyse Needle Rifle with a 600 metre range and lower velocity. Unfortunately the French took a not unknown defensive stance so were hammered by the Prussian 6 pounder breech loading Krupp cannons. The French were using muzzle loading bronze cannons. They did have a secret machine gun but it was so secret they didn&#039;t teach anyone how to use it !! </p><p>I rebuilt a Dreyse rifle once and it was a nightmare to renovate and use. I have some friends in the Historical Breech Loading Society who shoot theirs often.</p><p>I thought I would mention this without going into detail as the coin you have lampooning the French could easily have been used on the other foot had the French been better organised. I have not seen this coin before and it makes a great political statement at a time which was a technological turning point for breech loading firearms in Europe.</p><p>Thank you for sharing a really interesting collection. My money is on a&nbsp; contemporary production whilst the victory was still in everyone&#039;s minds and of course by 1871 we have the Siege of Paris , the Kaiser and the birth of the modern German empire with your coin celebrating the progression to the eventual two world wars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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