Original French Napoleonic M-1777 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket dated 1810 Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage anchoring off UTAH beach

anchoring off UTAH beach

This is a nearly exact reproduction copied from an original in the IMA collection

45 double magazine pouch

Though the order was placed in December 1939

Please understand that an inscription is just that

Original French Napoleonic M-1777 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket dated 1810 Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage anchoring off UTAH beachOriginal Item: Only One Available as used in the American Revolution and Napoleonic war. Once as numerous as Brown Bess Muskets the French M1777 equivalent was referred to as the CHARLEVILLE Musket. However. Charleville was only one of the manufacturing Arsenals, the predominant one being St. Etienne. This example has all steel mounts, brass mounts were generally only used for Naval issue, the lock is marked Manuf. Imp. de St. Etienne, the barrel tang