Object number
4401.29
Title
Belgian Percussion Musket
Description
An old Belgian percussion musket with barrel fixed to stock by two brass bands. There is a small brass plate at corner of stock stamped '1831-1658'. The underneath of the stock "54" is stamped on the wood, and "WI29" is written in white. On the left hand side of the stock the letter "F" has been painted. On the lock plate there is a stamp of a small crown with the letter "F" underneath. A label attached reads: " Belgium Musket, Belgium (1830), Found in the ruins of the Cloth Hall at Ypres by the men of 89 Field Coy. in 1914. Assumed to be a relic of an insurrection in the 1830's."
Dimensions
- 1130 mm
- Height: Butt 102 mm