Original British EIC P-1771 Brown Bess Flintlock Musket- Nepalese Gurkha Marked Lock Hand Select:No 30 Ammunition Box early in

30 Ammunition Box early in WW2

They are fragile and can easily break

Different designs of

"cbl" indicates that the case was made by Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG in Nurnberg A key to the manufacturers' codes can be found in German Military Letter Codes 1939 - 1945 by John Walter (IMA Product Number MB1052)

Original British EIC P-1771 Brown Bess Flintlock Musket- Nepalese Gurkha Marked Lock Hand Select:No 30 Ammunition Box early inOriginal Item (except where specified): It is no secret that included in the extraordinary cache of arms purchased from the Royal Nepalese Armory by IMA there were a limited quantity of original 18th Century British Brown Bess Flintlock Muskets. Regrettably, they were in a deplorable condition having arrived in Nepal via the East India Company sometime before 1820 and laid undisturbed, and not cared for, since the 1850's. These Brown Bess Muskets are