Original Brown Bess Type Musket Converted to Percussion Half Stock Trade Gun circa 1835 - As Found Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia 1918 that reads in part

1918 that reads in part “I think you deserve an Engineers’s Commission and I hope you get it”

which was a tank destroyer unit in the European Theater of WWII

the large aluminum foot pedal was pressed down and using the tension of the large spring

Overall condition is fair with some moth and wear from use

One rod only

Original Brown Bess Type Musket Converted to Percussion Half Stock Trade Gun circa 1835 - As Found Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia 1918 that reads in partOriginal Item: Only One Available. This came from our purchase of some 200 forgotten Antique long guns, kept in storage for well over 100 years, many of which are being offered in as found condition. The particular example may well have started life as a Flintlock Brown Bess type Musket, which was then cut down into a Percussion converted Trade Musket. It was put away in a shameful condition and even after its 100 years plus storage has not improved a