Original German Belgian Made Percussion Rifled Musket Half-Stocked for Civilian Use circa 1840 Category_Night Sights We are transparent in what

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with just the slightest amount of gray in the surfaces

The chin strap is also missing

which entered service in 1943

from stations in Belgium and Germany

Original German Belgian Made Percussion Rifled Musket Half-Stocked for Civilian Use circa 1840 Category_Night Sights We are transparent in whatOriginal 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 Marked on the lock plate with P. J. MALHERBE A LIGE, this musket was originally made in Belgium under contract one of the then German States.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