Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Rifle by J. Hillegas with British Trade Lock - circa 1840 MG 34 Accessories which dictated a standing army

which dictated a standing army of only 100

The pommel is nice

Paratroopers for example in North Africa (1942)

Fully tempered blades

the 1913 Cavalry saber design replaced the Model 1906 Light Cavalry Saber ("Ames" saber)

Original U.S. Pennsylvania Percussion Rifle by J. Hillegas with British Trade Lock - circa 1840 MG 34 Accessories which dictated a standing armyOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage together with a couple of hundred other guns. Here is an octagonal barreled Rifled "Kentucky" style rifle, which more correctly is known as a Pennsylvania Rifle. It was actually constructed using a BRITISH TRADE percussion lock mechanism, which is marked JOSEPH GOLCHER on the plate. Joseph Golcher of King Street, Darlston, Staffordshire, England was a