Original German Belgian Made Percussion Rifled Musket Half-Stocked for Civilian Use circa 1840 Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia reload the chamber from the

reload the chamber from the loaded magazine and discharge a round without the trigger being touched

It also was apparently polished quite a bit to a very high gloss

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It is fully stocked to within an inch of the muzzle and has brass mounts

With the collapse of East Germay (DDR) in the early 1990s these very recognizable helmets were obsolete overnight

Original German Belgian Made Percussion Rifled Musket Half-Stocked for Civilian Use circa 1840 Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia reload the chamber from theOriginal Item: Only one available. Marked on the lock plate with P. J. MALHERBE A LIGE, this musket was originally made in Belgium under contract one of the then German States. This may very well have started life in 1820 as a Flintlock Musket, later converted to Percussion, as the lock definitely appears to have at one time had a frizzen and pan. Many such Muskets were imported by the Confederacy before the Civil War, and once the conflict was over