Original British East India Company Model A Converted Percussion Musket with 1812 Dated EIC Lock and EIC Proofed Barrel French Flags The snaps all look to

The snaps all look to be KOH-I-NOOR brand

but no major rust or other damage

In compiling this outstanding record the 44th lost 850 of its brave young patriots who gave their lives to "save the world"

The original lacquer and anodized finish are almost completely gone

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Original British East India Company Model A Converted Percussion Musket with 1812 Dated EIC Lock and EIC Proofed Barrel French Flags The snaps all look toOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Nepalese cache purchase of 2003 is truly the gift that keeps on giving, even after almost 20 years! This is a very interesting Musket that started life as a standard 39" barreled East India Company Flintlock Brown Bess, most likely of the 1771 "Windus Pattern". This was one of many cases where the EIC anticipated the changes that the British Army would take, as in 1796 they switched from the Short Land Pattern