Original War of 1812 Rare U.S. Model 1808 Flintlock Contract Musket by Waters & Whitmore of Sutton, MA - Dated 1813 MG 34 Reciever Assembly This helmet is heat lot

This helmet is heat lot stamped 233D which dates to 1943

Swedish Mausers were manufactured by Waffenfabrik Mauser AG in Oberndorf a/N in Germany and in Sweden by Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori and Husqvarna Vapenfabriks Aktiebolag

Faded barrel marking reads ADDRESS COL

and as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1960 to 1962

Original War of 1812 Rare U.S. Model 1808 Flintlock Contract Musket by Waters & Whitmore of Sutton, MA - Dated 1813 MG 34 Reciever Assembly This helmet is heat lotOriginal item: One of a Kind. Now this is something we do not see every day! This is a very early American Model 1808 Flintlock Musket, made very much in the style of the Model 1795 patterned not long after the end of the U. S. Revolution. At the time the Arsenal and Armory at Springfield was still relatively small, so due to this there were often contracts issued for this and later muskets. In 1808, the U. S. Government issued contracts to numerous