Original 18th Century Dutch Flintlock Infantry Musket with 45 Inch Barrel - circa 1750 Category_MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly Several bridges between Eindhoven and

Several bridges between Eindhoven and Nijmegen were captured at the beginning of the operation but Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks' XXX Corps ground force advance was delayed by the demolition of a bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal

a harbinger of a bloody war of attrition by Grant against Lee's army and

- Belt pocket stretcher (pocket pin absent)

and 200 of his men refused to give up the revolution

Original 18th Century Dutch Flintlock Infantry Musket with 45 Inch Barrel - circa 1750 Category_MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly Several bridges between Eindhoven andOriginal Item: Only One Available. Amazingly this is still in the configuration as the day it was made, some 270 years ago. Usually Dutch Muskets have seen a lot of changes and alterations over the years, mostly being shortened and otherwise modified. This has its original brass mounts, its flintlock mechanism and its long 45" barrel, popular at that time as with the 46" Brown Bess of the same period. The overall length is an impressive 61 inches.