Inventarnummer
5001.12
Titel
Musket from Battle of Omdurman
Beschreibung
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.
Datum
1898 - 1898
Entstehungszeitraum
Victorian
Material
Format
- 1480 mm
- Width: stock 115 mm