Original Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima Converted to M.1880 Murata Breech Loading System Cannons leather padding

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one of the very few Naval Battles the French won during the Napoleonic Wars

nicknamed the Flying Tigers

Sterling Combat Medic badge

Manufactured with time and labor saving square pommel

Original Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima Converted to M.1880 Murata Breech Loading System Cannons leather paddingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an extremely interesting weapon. It started life probably in the late 1700s or early 1800s being constructed as a matchlock firearm using black powder and a very primitive ignition system. These were often referred to as Tanegashima (), after the island where a Chinese junk with Portuguese adventurers on board was driven to anchor by a storm in 1543. The local lord purchased two matchlocks from the