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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 94

Brass Mounts from Military Firearms A butt-plate, two trigger-guards, one with a defective langet, and two side-bars, probably from Minié rifles; a pistol butt-cap (6) Estimate £ 40-50 The Minié rifle was first used in action by the British army during the Second Kaffir War 1846-47, so weapons of this pattern may well have been carried on the Birkenhead. However, this weapon fired a shaped bullet, whereas the ammunition in the following lot is clearly for smoothbore weapons.

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