Original 19th Century Early Experimental Breech Loader - Smooth Bore with Rifled Barrel Insert Brown Bess At the start of WWI

At the start of WWI the Metropolitian troops were using the 1 Litre Modèle 1877 Bidon

he enlisted in His Majesty's (King George III) Navy and served at the Battle of the Nile aged just 15 in 1798 and again at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

The hat is in solid old condition

but still has the factory edge on the top edge

Original 19th Century Early Experimental Breech Loader - Smooth Bore with Rifled Barrel Insert Brown Bess At the start of WWIOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Received from the fabulous collection of Antique 19th Century experimental and Trial guns from Kansas City comes this little gem. No body seems to have any idea of it origin: It could be European, or it could be American. It appears to have made use of a JAEGER type Rifle barrel with sword bayonet mounts on the right hand side like a BAKER or BRUNSWICK Rifle, but this in NOT BRITISH. The very heavy action is of brass with