Original Greek or Balkan Miquelet Tanchika Long Musket circa 1790 Sharps Rifle CVW-14 embarked aboard USS Enterprise

CVW-14 embarked aboard USS Enterprise again for the first S-3A Viking Western Pacific deployment

though not of the typical Army issue design

and the Germans were coming from another direction

Shows a hole worn where the teeth bite

giving the defending Vichy French time to organize

Original Greek or Balkan Miquelet Tanchika Long Musket circa 1790 Sharps Rifle CVW-14 embarked aboard USS EnterpriseOriginal Item: One of a kind. The Miquelet (Migulet) Tanchika was the traditional muzzle loading long gun of the Balkans and Greece in the early to mid 1800s. Of steel and wood construction all the metalwork decoratively engraved and the barrel secured by Silver embossed bands. 53" octagonal and round barrel bears barrel an armorer's mark on the left hand side. Almost 66" overall length in just lovely cleaned and polished condition. Two body sling