Original German Belgian Made Percussion Rifled Musket Half-Stocked for Civilian Use circa 1840 Category_Night Sights from stations in Belgium and

from stations in Belgium and Germany

- Butt plate

who stated it was recovered over 75 years ago from the Delaware Bay

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 Marked on the lock plate with P. J. MALHERBE A LIGE, this musket was originally made in Belgium under contract one of the then German States.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