Original Danish / Norwegian Percussion Converted Rifled Musket Model 1769/1841 with Doglock Safety ZB 26-ZB 30 Original Item: British Bren MK1

Original Item: British Bren MK1 Drum Spring Winder in good to very good condition

A totally unique and fascinating soldier's personal souvenir from the earliest days of Rommel's Deutsches Afrikakorps in Northern Africa

The previous owner used it once a week

The lower press-stud was used when the pocket was attached the belt upside-down

After 3 days and nights of terrific enemy resistance Wilsede and Hessisch-Oldendorf fell

Original Danish / Norwegian Percussion Converted Rifled Musket Model 1769/1841 with Doglock Safety ZB 26-ZB 30 Original Item: British Bren MK1Original Item. Only One Available. This is pretty unusual, starting life as the Danish Flintlock 18mm smooth bore Musket of 1769, fitted with an early Doglock type safety on the hammer. The lock does have a true half cock position, which may have been added when it was later to be converted to a Percussion rifle. This conversion most likely occurred in Norway, where it was fitted with a rifled barrel of 40 1 2 inches long. The overall length is 46