Original Napoleonic British Made Portuguese Contract Brown Bess Musket from the Peninsula Wars 1808-1813 Antique Gun Parts Personnel in the Raider Training

Personnel in the Raider Training Center transferred to the newly formed 5th Marine Division

65 bore instead of

Some cracking is evident but overall functional and serviceable

Measures: 24'x 16"

Original Napoleonic British Made Portuguese Contract Brown Bess Musket from the Peninsula Wars 1808-1813 Antique Gun Parts Personnel in the Raider TrainingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This fine musket was most likely made in Birmingham for England's oldest European Ally, Portugal, for a contract issued originally by the Portuguese King DON PEDRO III. He came to the throne in 1777 but died prematurely in 1786. The contract was filled over years, in fact over decades right up to the time of Portugal's war, with Napoleon known as the PENINSULA WAR, which concluded in 1813 14. This particular Brown