Original British East India Company P-1771 Brown Bess Flintlock Parts Set with 1776 Dated and Marked Lock Century Original Item: Purchased sometime in

Original Item: Purchased sometime in the 1980's in a Brussels Warehouse Sale we got a carton of what turned out to be Original WWI era all steel Belgian M-1916 Bayonet tubular Scabbards for the long bayonet issued in WW1 with the Mauser 1888 Rifle for use in trench warfare

Absolutely unissued

The practice went back at least as early as the MG 08

colonial arms

Original British East India Company P-1771 Brown Bess Flintlock Parts Set with 1776 Dated and Marked Lock Century Original Item: Purchased sometime inOriginal Item (except where specified): It is no secret that included in the extraordinary cache of arms purchased from the Royal Nepalese Armory by IMA there were a limited quantity of original 18th Century British Brown Bess Flintlock Muskets. Regrettably, they were in a deplorable condition having arrived in Nepal via the East India Company sometime before 1820 and laid undisturbed, and not cared for, since the 1850s. These Brown Bess Muskets are