item details
NamePercussion Musket
Productioncirca 1860; France
Classificationfirearms, muskets
Materialssteel, wood
Materials Summarywood stock and steel 'furniture'
DimensionsOverall: 60mm (width), 200mm (height), 1150mm (length)
Registration NumberDM000042
Credit linePurchased 1915
Overview
Percussion musket, France, circa 1860. Calibre 17.5mm. This weapon has an old label on the butt which reads: "Old Gun Taken from Basutos during last Basutoland War by Commandant von Meyer. Cedarsville Drakensberg Mountain 1880."