Original East India Company Light Infantry Musket with 1st Type Short Flat Lock Plate c.1811-1812 Manufacture Type_Original Items Inside pole slip sleeve tag

Inside pole slip sleeve tag marked "8345-01-150-1400 Flag Organizational

having a longer range and being more robust and reliable

and the blade does show evidence of use

The regiment plowed through France and Germany

The serial number is 49698 denoting the year of manufacture as 1884

Original East India Company Light Infantry Musket with 1st Type Short Flat Lock Plate c.1811-1812 Manufacture Type_Original Items Inside pole slip sleeve tagOriginal Item: One Only. Found in the old Palace in Kathmandu in our 2003 purchase from the Royal Nepalese Armory, this an East India Company Flintlock Musket, designated as LIGHT INFANTRY MUSKET WITH FLAT LOCK 1811 1818 according to David Harding in his stellar work AN INTRODUCTION TO EAST INDIA COMPANY SMALL ARMS 1775 1815, page 37. According to Harding, the first type was made with a short 6. 2" length flat lock plate, between 1811 and 1812 with a