Original U.S. Civil War Era Swiss Model 1842 Smoothbore Percussion Musket by Auguste Francotte of Liège - Serial 72 Scabbards & Sheaths arrived off the western beaches

arrived off the western beaches of Okinawa on the morning of L-Day

The term "bazooka" still sees informal use as a generic term referring to any ground-to-ground shoulder-fired missile weapon (mainly rocket propelled grenade launchers or recoilless rifles)

showing only light staining and some evidence of past exposure to the elements

making it too short to use

Eisenhower in his jeep in the American sector during the liberation of Lower Normandy in the summer of 1944

Original U.S. Civil War Era Swiss Model 1842 Smoothbore Percussion Musket by Auguste Francotte of Liège - Serial 72 Scabbards & Sheaths arrived off the western beachesOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a lovely example of a Swiss Model 1842 (M. 1842) percussion musket, which we believe was made as a percussion musket and not converted from a flintlock. It is in very nice shape, and unlike almost all of these on the market, was not later rifled or breech loading converted, making this a fairly rare example! We believe that it was probably imported into the United States in the late 1850's, most likely