Original U.S. 11th New York Artillery Regiment Presentation Brown Bess Musket Circa 1806-1819 DP-28 LMG one end being designed to

one end being designed to reshape the magazine rim and the other end to straighten bent pins

followed by two aboard the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) (1966/67

There is no accommodation for either a ramrod or trigger guard which together with the ball butt indicates a Cossack influence

The hilt made of carved tropical wood and contained in its original exotically designed wood scabbard (waranga) with lovely true Tortoise Shell under a sheet brass overlay

Original U.S. 11th New York Artillery Regiment Presentation Brown Bess Musket Circa 1806-1819 DP-28 LMG one end being designed toOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a truly interesting "AMERICAN" Presentation Musket given to a Sergeant in the 11th New York Artillery in approximately 1819. Raised in 1806 in New York City due to rising tensions with Great Britain the 11th became the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of Artillery. In 1812 it was designated the 11th Regiment of Artillery. Lieutenant William Kumbel served as adjutant in the War of 1812 and was commissioned Captain