Original Dutch Beaumont-Vitali M1871/88 Bolt Action Rifle Serial 1673 in Grade 2 "As Found" Condition - Dated 1875 Japanese Field Gear Neither the patch nor thread

Neither the patch nor thread glow under a black light indicating that it is genuine period manufacture

although they would remain attached to these ground units

This is a fantastic lot of very well preserved documents ranging from 1777 to 1779

the Dorsetshire Regiment had two Regular battalions

and these definitely do show some real use

Original Dutch Beaumont-Vitali M1871/88 Bolt Action Rifle Serial 1673 in Grade 2 "As Found" Condition - Dated 1875 Japanese Field Gear Neither the patch nor threadOriginal 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