Original Napoleonic British Made Portuguese Contract Brown Bess Musket from the Peninsula Wars 1808-1813 MILITARIA The polished steel mounts are

The polished steel mounts are all finely engraved

private purchase knives were extremely common during the war

This presents beautifully

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Original Napoleonic British Made Portuguese Contract Brown Bess Musket from the Peninsula Wars 1808-1813 MILITARIA The polished steel mounts areOriginal Item: Only One Available. This fine musket was most likely made in Birmingham for England's oldest European Ally, Portugal, for a contract issued originally by the Portuguese King DON PEDRO III. He came to the throne in 1777 but died prematurely in 1786. The contract was filled over years, in fact over decades right up to the time of Portugal's war, with Napoleon known as the PENINSULA WAR, which concluded in 1813 14. This particular Brown