Original British Victorian P-1827 Rifle Regiment Officer's Sword by Friedrich Hörster & Co. (FH) with Scabbard - circa 1850 U.S. Ammo still in the original chambering

still in the original chambering

The musket design remained in use for over a hundred years with many incremental changes in its design

It bears the marking WDJ

5"Chest width: 19"Waist width: 17"Hip width: 20"Front length: 31"

Lining appears to be period replacement as as the cuffs and waistband with a fully functional original zipper

Original British Victorian P-1827 Rifle Regiment Officer's Sword by Friedrich Hörster & Co. (FH) with Scabbard - circa 1850 U.S. Ammo still in the original chamberingOriginal Item: Only One Available. Expressly designed for Officers of the rifle regiments being formed all over England in the early Victorian era, many of whom were volunteers. These units traced their roots back to the old volunteer regiments of the Napoleonic Wars when the Duke of Cumberland's Sharpshooters were formed as a Corps of Riflemen on 5 September 1803. During the 1850s and 1860s these started to be formed again, culminating with the