Original British Lovell's Pattern of 1842 Percussion Musket by Enfield Shortened to 48” - dated 1844 and 1843 Magazines the position of stellenleiter was

the position of stellenleiter was senior to Mitarbeiter and junior to Amtsleiter

They can be made to look better with some elbow grease

so it is quite possibly a Crimean war captured item

When machinery was introduced into the process

Original British Lovell's Pattern of 1842 Percussion Musket by Enfield Shortened to 48” - dated 1844 and 1843 Magazines the position of stellenleiter wasOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is something that we have only had a very few of over the years. The British Lovell's Pattern of 1842 was the last smoothbore musket adopted by British Forces, and would be superseded in 1853 by the "3 Band Enfield" Pattern of 1853. Almost all of our examples of British Percussion Muskets were East India Company issued out of Nepal. However this is a genuine British Military Issued musket. The P 1838 is among