Original Prussian Model 1809 Percussion Conversion Musket Marked NEISSE 1835 Flintlock Pistols Developments in metallurgy in the

Developments in metallurgy in the first half of the nineteenth century produced a new range of smaller and lighter bronze guns and howitzers that were much more mobile on the battlefield

With the outbreak of the American Civil War

Set of 2 pouches with 1 strap

who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army

Original Prussian Model 1809 Percussion Conversion Musket Marked NEISSE 1835 Flintlock Pistols Developments in metallurgy in theOriginal Item: Only One Available. Original Prussian . 75" (17mm) smoothbore musket marked with a Crown over NEISSE 1835 on the lock plate and again on the barrel. The brass butt plate is regimentally marked 23 . L. W. R. The 42" barrel with signs of powder burn at the breach is in solid and presentable condition being fully polished as the day it was originally issued. Many of these Prussian muskets were imported just prior to the U. S. Civil War and