Original British Transitional 2nd - 3rd Model Brown Bess Flintlock Musket with Tower marked Lock - circa 1790 Antique Handguns Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge)

Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) and Central Eurpoe

see "Uniforms and Tradition of the German Army 1933-1945" by Angolia and Schlicht

The helmet still has its correct very good condition M31 liner

with white thread on a black green base

They were often motivated by racism

Original British Transitional 2nd - 3rd Model Brown Bess Flintlock Musket with Tower marked Lock - circa 1790 Antique Handguns Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge)Original Item: Only One Available. Made around 1790, this musket was built as a 42" SECOND MODEL BROWN BESS, intended to be fitted with a 42" . 75 bore barrel. However, the transition to the soon to follow THIRD MODEL later known as the INDIA PATTERN had already started and this musket was fitted with a 39" barrel. The French Revolution had started and fear of this peasant uprising being exported to England became a serious possibility. Soon sooner