Object number
5001.12
Title
Musket from Battle of Omdurman
Description
Smooth bore percussion musket used at the Battle of Omdurman. It its assumed that the weapon was originally used by a soldier of the occupying Ottoman/Egyptian garrison and taken by the Anṣār (الأنصار) after an earlier victory. The musket is made of hard wood with metal fixings. There is a "31" marked on the stock, there is also a "18" marked on the first metal part of the barrel on the side without the firing mechanism, the stock has a metal butt plate.
Date
1898 - 1898
Production period
Victorian
Material
Dimensions
- 1480 mm
- Width: stock 115 mm