Original U.S. Civil War Austrian M1854 Lorenz Percussion Rifle with Replaced Lock Dated 1849 - Maker Marked Japanese Guns & Ordnance whitened sheepskin construction winter cap

whitened sheepskin construction winter cap with the natural hide to the exterior and white sheep’'s wool to the interior

issued to Oberleutnant and later Hauptmann Ernst Beiker

Rawlins Esq're on a brass plaque on the front

This is an excellent condition dress hat that comes more than ready for research and display

This is a very early American Flintlock Musket

Original U.S. Civil War Austrian M1854 Lorenz Percussion Rifle with Replaced Lock Dated 1849 - Maker Marked Japanese Guns & Ordnance whitened sheepskin construction winter capOriginal Item: Only one Available. This is very nice and interesting example of an Austrian M1854 Lorenz Percussion musket, almost certainly imported for use in the U. S. Civil War Many European powers were beginning to move to cartridge firearms, and with a huge market in the United States, sold off many of their soon to be obsolete firearms. Some of these reached the Northern Union forces, but more often, they were sent to the South, which did not