Original U.S. Springfield Model 1816 Percussion Converted Musket with Brass "Sea Fencibles" Butt Plate - dated 1817 German Field Equipment with an aluminum throat

with an aluminum throat

The brass alloy hilt still has a good degree of the original gilded finish

The War Trophy of some returning G

Information on this knife was obtained from pages 235 and 236 of the book KNIVES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY WORLD WAR II by Michael W

and overall is in very good shape

Original U.S. Springfield Model 1816 Percussion Converted Musket with Brass "Sea Fencibles" Butt Plate - dated 1817 German Field Equipment with an aluminum throatOriginal item: One Only. The U. S. Model 1816 Musket was a . 69 caliber smoothbore flintlock, with a 42 inch barrel and an overall length of 58 inches. It replaced the previous model 1812 musket, and often is viewed as a further development of that design. Like the Model 1812, the Model 1816 borrowed heavily from the design of the French Charleville model 1777 musket, but had a longer lock plate, a shorter trigger guard, and a longer bayonet than the