Original French Napoleonic M-1777 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket dated 1810 Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage These are very nice “work-a-day”

These are very nice “work-a-day” Percussion box lock pistols intended for personal defense

such as pipes and trinket boxes carved by Boer Prisoners of War

by an order dated 13 July 1934

Though the order was placed in December 1939

Original French Napoleonic M-1777 Charleville St. Etienne Flintlock Musket dated 1810 Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage These are very nice “work-a-day”Original Item: Only One Available as used in the American Revolution and Napoleonic war. Once as numerous as Brown Bess Muskets the French M1777 equivalent was referred to as the CHARLEVILLE Musket. However. Charleville was only one of the manufacturing Arsenals, the predominant one being St. Etienne. This example has all steel mounts, brass mounts were generally only used for Naval issue, the lock is marked Manuf. Imp. de St. Etienne, the barrel tang