Original British East India Company Sappers & Miners Percussion Short Musket with 1776 dated Grenade Launcher U.S. Edged Weapons destroyed and discarded

destroyed and discarded

The liner is original and the cuffs and waist band are also original with expected wear

"a sorry figure of a man"

Interestingly there is an E stamped over the chamber of the barrel together with some Arabic lettering indicating that this was one of the

regimentally marked on the cross guard

Original British East India Company Sappers & Miners Percussion Short Musket with 1776 dated Grenade Launcher U.S. Edged Weapons destroyed and discardedOriginal Item: One Only. Out from our Nepal Palace purchase of 2003, this is a spectacular example of this scarce British East India Company . 75" Short Musket issued in 1846 54. This Short Musket was made in England, and is marked faintly with CROWN GR on the barrel. It also is marked with the CROWN V mark, indicating it was viewed at the proof house. Just in front of the cap bolster there is another marking, but we cannot decipher it. The lock