Original British East India Company P1842 Sappers & Miners Model E Short Musket with Sword Bayonet Antique Cartridge Firearms • Photo of Ernst Kopge

• Photo of Ernst Kopge

and it has an Italian "Fascia" marking stamped on the reverse below the buckle

for maker Richard Abr

The first existed from about 1775 to 1861

The company paid Spencer Repeating Rifle Co

Original British East India Company P1842 Sappers & Miners Model E Short Musket with Sword Bayonet Antique Cartridge Firearms • Photo of Ernst KopgeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an extremely scarce Sappers and Miners Short Musket of the British East India Company, measuring 49 inches in overall length. Introduced in 1842, it utilizes the traditional musket length Musket Percussion Lock bearing E. I. C. Rampant Lion Motif. The quality of the engraving definitely indicates British manufacture, and not local production. Fitted with a 33" barrel, this Musket has all brass mounts; butt