Original British Napoleonic 3rd Model Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Marked to the 79th Regiment of Foot MG 42 Mounts circa 1810

circa 1810

Pluribus Unum on the otherside

Not realizing that this particular Carbine was in fact an ANTIQUE

It is unclear just how this was construed as an anti-Fascist symbol

though it could definitely be re polished

Original British Napoleonic 3rd Model Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Marked to the 79th Regiment of Foot MG 42 Mounts circa 1810Original Item: Only One Available. From the British Napoleonic Collection I. M. A. purchased in England in 2014, this is a lovely third Pattern Brown Bess, with the 39" barrel adopted in 1796. Also known as the "India Pattern", it was the standard Musket of the line during 1815, the time of the Battle of Waterloo. This example has a lovely valnut stock, which still retains the "bannister rail" butt stock, a feature that was basically done away with