Original French Napoleonic Colonial Pattern 1777 Flintlock Musketoon with Silver Inlaid Jezail Barrel & Brass Mounts Russian Antique Guns The Acropolis

The Acropolis

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over a faded cartouche near the butt plate

The reverse pommel has the same fine detail and the quillon end has the oak leaves

the name was also a homage to the Korean Volunteer Army that had helped the Chinese communists during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War

Original French Napoleonic Colonial Pattern 1777 Flintlock Musketoon with Silver Inlaid Jezail Barrel & Brass Mounts Russian Antique Guns The AcropolisOriginal Item: One of a kind. This lovely French flintlock musketoon is the Pattern of 1777, however dates from the late Napoleonic period of 1810. It no doubt traveled to the Middle East, maybe Turkey, and was modified to take a much earlier Jezail Barrel of high quality measuring 33", which has lovely silver inlay around the breech area. This then increased the overall length to 48 1 2". Brass mounted military weapons in France did NOT indicate