Original Civil War Era French Mle 1842 Percussion Short Artillery Rifled Musket by Tulle Arsenal British Holsters king's head for the Monarch

king's head for the Monarch and K representing the date letter for the year 1805

in which the unit was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation

Chemnitz contained factories that produced military hardware and a Flossenbürg forced labor subcamp (500 female inmates) for Astra-Werke AG

This is a fabulous informative work that is essentially a picture book for Brown Bess enthusiasts

science and art

Original Civil War Era French Mle 1842 Percussion Short Artillery Rifled Musket by Tulle Arsenal British Holsters king's head for the MonarchOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a standard French Model of 1842 Short Artillery Rifled Musket with a back action lock, just received out of a collection. These were usually produced as smoothbore long muskets, but the export trade required rifles, indicating this was possibly made for export to the U. S.. It is fully steel mounted and does bear a maker marking on the lock plate: Mre R'le de Tulle., indicating manufacture at the Royal French