Original U.S. Civil War Era German Percussion Converted Musket Half-Stocked for Civilian Use - dated 1830 Holsters & Cases Relative to the

Relative to the

Initially issued to infantry soldiers

However this example also has markings on the top of the detonator: bzz

Year of Manufacture: circa 1695-1702

having never been issued or even opened

Original U.S. Civil War Era German Percussion Converted Musket Half-Stocked for Civilian Use - dated 1830 Holsters & Cases Relative to theOriginal Item: Only One Available. We just received this lovely Antique Converted musket, along with about 200 other guns, from a collection that sat in an attic for close to 100 years. This was a German Military Musket made at Niese in 1830 as marked on the lock plate. Originally made as a flintlock, it was then converted to percussion and most likely shipped to the United States in time for the Civil War. Surplus flintlock muskets in Europe were