Original British Lovell's Pattern of 1842 Percussion Musket by Enfield Shortened to 48” - dated 1844 and 1843 Nepalese Cache Extras The Imperial Japanese Navy Air

The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service was equal in function to the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA)

Star on the front of the helmet is tightly affixed to the front of the shell

This is a very rare post WWII German Occupation made Navy Construction Battalion SEABEES felt with bullion embroidered patch offered in excellent condition

The frequency stability was rather poor but the regenerative receiver was relatively wide so they apparently worked reasonably well together – with significant operator training and experience

Original British Lovell's Pattern of 1842 Percussion Musket by Enfield Shortened to 48” - dated 1844 and 1843 Nepalese Cache Extras The Imperial Japanese Navy AirOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is something that we have only had a very few of over the years. The British Lovell's Pattern of 1842 was the last smoothbore musket adopted by British Forces, and would be superseded in 1853 by the "3 Band Enfield" Pattern of 1853. Almost all of our examples of British Percussion Muskets were East India Company issued out of Nepal. However this is a genuine British Military Issued musket. The P 1838 is among