Original U.S. Revolutionary War Hessian Flintlock Musket - Untouched from Old Collection Japanese Antique Guns The first of May brought

The first of May brought the 453rd Squadron news that rather stunned the whole Squadron

is an anti-personnel fragmentation defensive grenade

The thin metal casing only gave off a small element of fragmentation

a classic attribute of the Finnish army to allow the shovel to be attached to a backpack while troops were on the move

Original U.S. Revolutionary War Hessian Flintlock Musket - Untouched from Old Collection Japanese Antique Guns The first of May broughtOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Just received out of an old collection, where it had sat untouched for many years. Aside from a wipe down, we have left it as found, with all the patina 200+ years has left on it. This is a very rare Germanic flintlock musket, as used by the Hessian soldiers in the employ of England during the Revolutionary War. It has the correct brass mounts and style of lock for German muskets of the time. There is a trace of a proof