Original U.S. Springfield Model 1795 Flintlock Musket marked U.S. - circa 1800 German Militaria There is also the guns

There is also the guns serial number

it extends

replaced by the French Expeditionary Corps

All this is explained in great detail in David Harding's wonderful Book "SMALL ARMS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY 1600-1856" see volume two

There is clear grain in the blade body (hada)

Original U.S. Springfield Model 1795 Flintlock Musket marked U.S. - circa 1800 German Militaria There is also the gunsOriginal item: One of a Kind. The Model 1795 was the first musket to be produced in the United States by Eli Whitney. It was based heavily on the Charleville musket, Model 1763 66, which had been imported in large numbers from the French during the American Revolution, and which at the time comprised the largest number of muskets in U. S. arsenals at about 20,000 muskets. The Model 1795 was used in the War of 1812, after which shortcomings in both the