Original British Napoleonic Tower Marked 3rd Model P-1796 Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Marked to The King’s German Legion 5th Battalion Spanish Artillery I was glad to hear

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Original British Napoleonic Tower Marked 3rd Model P-1796 Brown Bess Flintlock Musket Marked to The King’s German Legion 5th Battalion Spanish Artillery I was glad to hearOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fine example of a British Third Model Brown Bess, with the 39" barrel adopted in 1796. Also known as the "India Pattern", it was the standard Musket of the line during 1815, the time of the Battle of Waterloo. It is marked on the top of the barrel with K. G. L. 5'TH BAT'N, for the KING'S GERMAN LEGION, 5TH BATTALION. This musket almost certainly saw service during the Napoleonic Wars, and may have been been