Original British V.R. Marked Tower P-1853 Enfield 3rd Model Percussion Rifled Musket - dated 1859 German Flags where an airfield and a

where an airfield and a camp were hurriedly built (Breddan Airfield) while the aircrews trained with their A-24 dive bombers

and hob-nailed boots were indispensable

and PT-17 aircraft

23 missions for a total of 198 sorties were flown

It experienced heavy combat in the Hurtgen Forest and The Battle of the Bulge

Original British V.R. Marked Tower P-1853 Enfield 3rd Model Percussion Rifled Musket - dated 1859 German Flags where an airfield and aOriginal Item: Only One Available. Offered here is a very nice example of the 3rd Model Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle Musket, with brass butt plate, trigger guard and nose cap. The three steel barrel bands are held on with screw pressure, as typical of the 3rd model, and bear British Proof marks. The lower band has however been replaced with a later "Baddeley" style band with a recessed securing screw. The lock is marked 1859 TOWER below the cap bolster,