Original British Napoleonic Officer's Private Purchase .65” Percussion Converted Fusil by Ketland & Adams - circa 1800 Helmets Action: Top Action Percussion

Action: Top Action Percussion

Fate was much kinder to these captured SS men than they were to the inmates of CC Camp

and the plating is in good shape

of which 21 were operational

Patton the Seventh Army commander

Original British Napoleonic Officer's Private Purchase .65” Percussion Converted Fusil by Ketland & Adams - circa 1800 Helmets Action: Top Action PercussionOriginal item: Only One Available. Here we have a very interesting Officer's PRIVATE PURCHASE 0. 65" smooth bore fusil, dating to around 1800 that was later converted to the Percussion cap system. It is marked relatively clearly on the lock by KETLAND & ADAMS, a known British maker during the Napoleonic period. The half round half octagonal barrel is 38" in total length currently, but may well have been shortened by up to 4", from 42" in length. The