Original British East India Company 12th Irregular Cavalry Percussion Saddle Ring Carbine with Nickel Mounts Percusion Muskets and still has the throat

and still has the throat intact

It was also given the responsibility for planning the American part of the invasion of mainland Italy

and is marked under the bolster with:

However years of repeated cleaning have made the etching somewhat faint

Original British East India Company 12th Irregular Cavalry Percussion Saddle Ring Carbine with Nickel Mounts Percusion Muskets and still has the throatOriginal Item: Only One Available. Featured on page 507 of David Harding's wonderful work SMALLARMS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, VOLUME 2, this model was ordered by the Commanding Officer, Captain W. C. Alexander in 1851 for the Irregular Bengal Cavalry. They were supplied by the London Gun maker GARDEN, 200, PICCADILLY, LONDON, which appears on the twist steel barrel, though the marking is VERY faint. The lock is still clearly marked with 12th BENGAL