Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M1842 Percussion Musket in Grade 2 "As Found" Condition - dated 1851 Madsen LMG The United States of America

The United States of America

Malaya in August 1945

It is nicely maker marked JWA which stands for Moritz Stecher of Freiberg in Sachsen who was known manufacturer of the time that produced holsters

heavier fragments

a mystery surrounds the whereabouts of the experimental eye shields due to the absence of survivors

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M1842 Percussion Musket in Grade 2 "As Found" Condition - dated 1851 Madsen LMG The United States of AmericaOriginal item: One of a Kind. Over the years, IMA has purchased many collections and groups of antique guns, in which case we need to take all of them, as we did in Nepal. While these collections were generally full of guns that relatively good condition, they also had some that were less complete and unfortunately would take more restoration time than we were able to give them. We kept them in storage, possibly for future products, but have now