Original British P1730 Dated Long Land Pattern Brown Bess Flintlock Musket by Edward Cookes - Dated 1729 Russian Artwork & Posters and the inspector declared they

and the inspector declared they were “unfit for the present fixed ammunition in general use

On that same day

A very nice and rare example of a World War One era Danish Army Artillery officer's kepi (M15)

Each will have a head and a wood shaft but they will be missing the base caps

known as hinomaru yosegaki (日の丸 寄せ書き) in the Japanese language

Original British P1730 Dated Long Land Pattern Brown Bess Flintlock Musket by Edward Cookes - Dated 1729 Russian Artwork & Posters and the inspector declared theyOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an exceptionally rare and desirable P1730 (Pattern 1730) Brown Bess Musket which was the very first pattern of Brown Bess initially known as the "King's Pattern" musket. There are fewer than 20 known surviving examples in existence today, with the majority of those guns in museums and only a handful to be known in private collections. Known museums examples are: 6 at Colonial Williamsburg 5 at Museum of Edinburgh