Original Gurkha East India Company Brown Bess Musket Socket Bayonet Hand Select:No Just Found 5 excellent examples

Just Found 5 excellent examples in our warehouse

many of these original English manufactured and marked locks were remarked with the Nepalese Crest

All Gurkha troops are issued with a kukri

Despite its origins

Original Gurkha East India Company Brown Bess Musket Socket Bayonet Hand Select:No Just Found 5 excellent examplesOriginal Item. On the face of it these are EAST INDIA COMPANY Brown Bess Socket bayonets used between 1771 and 1803 complete with locking spring. However, we presume they were actually made in Nepal after 1816 after Nepal fell under the sphere of British influence. Acquired in our Kathmandu purchase of 2003 we only received a small quantity of these that have considerable Hindi Negari script on both blade and socket. Most interestingly there is a