Original British East India Company Windus Pattern Brown Bess Flintlock Officer's Fusil with Bayonet - c. 1808 MG 42 Mounts Howard Chircol [sp

Howard Chircol [sp

23 km northwest of Đắk Tô and approximately 64 km northwest of Kon Tum

This rifle started life as an 1894 dated Lee Metford MkII

The overall length is 70 inches and the barrel alone is 53 inches with an

14 January 1945

Original British East India Company Windus Pattern Brown Bess Flintlock Officer's Fusil with Bayonet - c. 1808 MG 42 Mounts Howard Chircol [spOriginal item: One of a Kind. From an old collection in England, this is a truly splendid example of the 1808 Second Model of the East India Company WINDUS Pattern Brown Bess. The "Windus" E. I. C. pattern was first introduced in 1771 with a revolutionary 39" barrel. The British E. I. C. retained a standing army much bigger than that of Great Britain and for years the E. I. C were way ahead on Arms development being a private entity. It was not until