Original Gurkha East India Company Brown Bess Musket Socket Bayonet Hand Select:Yes Year of Manufacture: 1776

Year of Manufacture: 1776

Lock markings show the honorable East India Company rampant lion adopted in 1808

Available in two flavors: This is the "Life Guards" set which is a White helmet plume with red tunic set

Original Item: The Martini-Henry MkII rifle is best known for its use in the Zulu War at the Battle of Rorke's Drift on 22nd January 1879

which is also a Browning-designed weapon and is still in NATO service

Original Gurkha East India Company Brown Bess Musket Socket Bayonet Hand Select:Yes Year of Manufacture: 1776Original Item. On the face of it these are EAST INDIA COMPANY Brown Bess Socket bayonets used between 1771 and 1803 complete with locking spring. However, we presume they were actually made in Nepal after 1816 after Nepal fell under the sphere of British influence. Acquired in our Kathmandu purchase of 2003 we only received a small quantity of these that have considerable Hindi Negari script on both blade and socket. Most interestingly there is a