Original Napoleonic Wars British Infantry Sword of the Devonshire Militia Category_Blunderbuss rod and end plate

rod and end plate

moved to 14 Piccadilly in 1794 and again to it's present location at 1 Saville Row in 1912

Receiver is marked 5517b with Waffen proofs

are leather covered and there is even the remains of the waist belt hanging straps attached to

depression of 29° and traverse of 360°

Original Napoleonic Wars British Infantry Sword of the Devonshire Militia Category_Blunderbuss rod and end plateOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a most interesting sidearm, issued during the period of National panic that Napoleon and his hordes threatened to invade England. The great Naval Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 pretty much ensured that Napoleon's Invasion would never happen but Great Britain maintained its County militias for many more years until Napoleon's final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This example is from Devonshire on