2nd Dec, 2015 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A .600 BELGIAN PERCUSSION RIFLED MUSKET BY P.J. MALHERBE & CIE
A .600 BELGIAN PERCUSSION RIFLED MUSKET BY P.J. MALHERBE & CIE, NO. 1042, CIRCA 1859-65
with browned sighted barrel rifled with four groves and retained by three brass bands, fitted with blued folding back-sight, signed back-action lock, walnut full stock stamped with an inspector's cartouche behind the tang, iron butt-plate, trigger-plate, brass trigger-guard, iron ramrod, refinished throughout
83 cm; 32 ¾ in barrel
A large number of Belgian made arms were imported by both the North and the Confederacy. See Hill & Anthony 1978, p. 219.
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A .600 BELGIAN PERCUSSION RIFLED MUSKET BY P.J. MALHERBE & CIE, NO. 1042, CIRCA 1859-65
with browned sighted barrel rifled with four groves and retained by three brass bands, fitted with blued folding back-sight, signed back-action lock, walnut full stock stamped with an inspector's cartouche behind the tang, iron butt-plate, trigger-plate, brass trigger-guard, iron ramrod, refinished throughout
83 cm; 32 ¾ in barrel
A large number of Belgian made arms were imported by both the North and the Confederacy. See Hill & Anthony 1978, p. 219.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 2nd Dec, 2015
