Original Napoleonic Wars British Infantry Sword of the Devonshire Militia Category_Blunderbuss Early British Leather Musket Slings

Early British Leather Musket Slings with securing thongs (leather thongs may have been replaced)

instead of being launched towards the enemy once it had been primed

depression of 29° and traverse of 360°

moved to 14 Piccadilly in 1794 and again to it's present location at 1 Saville Row in 1912

these are substantial brass constructed telescopes over 29” in length

Original Napoleonic Wars British Infantry Sword of the Devonshire Militia Category_Blunderbuss Early British Leather Musket SlingsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a most interesting sidearm, issued during the period of National panic that Napoleon and his hordes threatened to invade England. The great Naval Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 pretty much ensured that Napoleon's Invasion would never happen but Great Britain maintained its County militias for many more years until Napoleon's final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This example is from Devonshire on