Original U.S. Civil War Sharps & Hankins Model 1862 Sliding Breech Naval Carbine - Serial No 5507 Crimean War Schlachtgeschwader 1

Schlachtgeschwader 1

this color of cloth was also started to be used on the bidon themselves but other colors were also used with the ersatz type uniforms that were being used during this period such as brown courderoy

The faux leather sweatband is intact with some areas of minor dmage

Due to the unreliability of these early models containing leather linings

west of Kunming

Original U.S. Civil War Sharps & Hankins Model 1862 Sliding Breech Naval Carbine - Serial No 5507 Crimean War Schlachtgeschwader 1Original Item: Only One Available. Known as the Sharps & Hankins Model 1862 carbine, this weapon is a wartime . 52 caliber rimfire breechloading firearm designed by Hartford, Connecticut native Christian Sharps. Presented is a nice original example of that engineering design called the Navy type carbine, which had its barrel covered in a black leather covering as rust protection against the sea elements (leather covering is now absent). Along with