Original Nepalese Gurkha Brown Bess Flintlock Musket with Bayonet from the Officer's Mess at Tumu Kathmandu French Antique Guns and also has a nice

and also has a nice Kabuto-Gane (Pommel Cap)

with the expected leather deterioration of age

They had evidently come off when the chute popped

The grip is a fine product having a nice chestnut color finish and having medium center ridge construction

the 50th Aero Squadron flew its first missions of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive with a complement of 15 pilots

Original Nepalese Gurkha Brown Bess Flintlock Musket with Bayonet from the Officer's Mess at Tumu Kathmandu French Antique Guns and also has a niceOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is undoubtedly the very best intact example of the Gurkha constructed Brown Bess Musket assembled at NAKKU outside Kathmandu. We imported large numbers of these that were recovered from the Palace of Lagan Silekhana, which functioned as the Royal Armory of Nepal. Unfortunately they were long neglected, and in unrestorable condition. However, this example was from the Arms display in the Officer's Mess at TUMU