Original Napoleonic Era Scandinavian Doglock Musket - Circa 1800 Japanese Flare Guns and then went on as

and then went on as Commander in Chief to defeat Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815

It was superseded by cheaper

correct ball fronted trigger guard finial and flat early Brown Bess side plate with tail

This particular topee

bipod as well as a 25 round box magazine dated 1938 and waffen amt marked and coded

Original Napoleonic Era Scandinavian Doglock Musket - Circa 1800 Japanese Flare Guns and then went on asOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a most interesting Scandinavian musket using the Doglock system essentially as a safety. Dating from the Napoleonic wars when Denmark and basically the rest of Scandinavia chose to fight against Britain on the side of Napoleon Bonaparte. Twice England sent fleets to Copenhagen, in 1791 and again in 1807, decimating the Danish fleet and its allies. The 1801 engagement was when Admiral Lord Nelson, then only