Original British 1798 Dated East India Company India Pattern Brown Bess Musket with Bayonet - Marked MORTIMER British Militaria notable for his victory at

notable for his victory at the Battle of Algeciras

these were intended as "Cargo Parachutes" just like were used at Arnhem in "A Bridge Too Far"

but on the feed mechanism it is marked bpr for Johannes Grossfuss

Offered and sold as a WW2 era curiosity and not a fine precision musical instrument

Pete Sandich (Dreyfuss) is an aerial firefighter

Original British 1798 Dated East India Company India Pattern Brown Bess Musket with Bayonet - Marked MORTIMER British Militaria notable for his victory atOriginal item. One Only. The main components of this rare musket were discovered in Nepal in our 2003 and were part of our purchase from the Royal Nepalese Army. This is a standard Third Pattern Brown Bess (India Pattern) Flintlock musket adopted by the British Army in 1796. It has a English made 39 inch . 75" bore barrel with LONDON proofs (faint). The lock is marked with MORTIMER, the East India Company Heart Logo and is dated 1798. The musket comes