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SEQUANA _ Me Jérôme DRÈGE

191 - Moroccan flintlock rifle, known as a ‘moukalah’.
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Estimate €180 - €200
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Description
Moroccan flintlock rifle, known as a ‘moukalah’. Round barrel with fluted sections. Miquelet-style lock, fitted with decorated brass plates. White metal fittings. Walnut stock. Typewritten label, affixed to the side of the butt plate: ‘General Nieger’s Collection, Moukalah No. 17’. BE Note: Marie Joseph Émile Nieger (1874–1951) Enlisted as a volunteer in 1893, aged 19, as a private; became a non-commissioned officer in 1895; entered the Military Infantry School in 1900; by 1900, he was a Saharan officer. As a lieutenant in the Touat Camel Cavalry Company, he took part in Pierre Flye Sainte-Marie’s scientific expedition in the autumn of 1904, travelling 2,300 km. In 1912, he was head of the Trans-African study mission and crossed the Sahara from Oran to Tamanrasset and Agadez. In 1914, he was in France, then on the Eastern Front in 1915. In 1919, he was in the Levant and in 1925, he attended courses at the Centre for Advanced Military Studies, before leaving for Morocco, where he remained until 1931. Promoted to Major General in 1931, he became commander of the Paris military region in 1934.
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About the sale Antique Weapons & Historical Memorabilia
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Auction time 10/31/2026 at 2:00 PM
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