Original 1719 Dated British Iron Mounted Land Pattern Pre-Brown Bess Infantry Flintlock Musket with Tower Marked Lock - Earliest Developmental Pattern U.S. Air Force The rolled edge is missing

The rolled edge is missing a good amount of the paint

Heinkel for short

the winter service uniform had become the standard field and combat uniform choice for the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe

The men of his squad respected him as their sergeant

the SSI for the 37th Infantry Division

Original 1719 Dated British Iron Mounted Land Pattern Pre-Brown Bess Infantry Flintlock Musket with Tower Marked Lock - Earliest Developmental Pattern U.S. Air Force The rolled edge is missingOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Offered here is an extraordinary and historically important early British military flintlock musket dating to 1719, representing one of the earliest developmental forms that would eventually evolve into the legendary Brown Bess. Produced before the official adoption of the standardized British Land Pattern Musket, this remarkable survivor represents the transitional period when the Board of Ordnance was working toward