Original British 1708 Dated Queen Anne Brass Barrel Naval Flintlock Blunderbuss by Thomas Green dated 1708 U.S. Civil War M42 helmets with this honest

M42 helmets with this honest aged look are always hard to find on the market

It has likely been with the musket since its conversion in 1861

There is a number written inside the tunic

By 1850 they were located on Kölnerstrasse in the Ohligs area of the City of Solingen

British industry was not geared up to an all-out effort of war production in the early days of World War I

Original British 1708 Dated Queen Anne Brass Barrel Naval Flintlock Blunderbuss by Thomas Green dated 1708 U.S. Civil War M42 helmets with this honestOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a rare very early example of a British brass barreled Blunderbuss, as used in the Royal Navy of the 18th Century. The lock is maker marked T. GREEN 08 on the tail of the lock, indicating production in 1708 by maker Thomas Green. It is additionally marked GREEN on the top of the brass barrel, and it turns out that this maker had a rather interesting history, and influential place in the trade at the time.