Original 18th Century German Air Rifle with Wheel Lock Style Stock by Anton Baumann of Munick c.1798 ERA Standard company muskets were marked

Standard company muskets were marked on the lock plates with an EIC "Rampant Lion" cypher but examples manufactured by Manton were maker marked on the lock as follows:

200 people took off out of 9

however there is also a lot of wear and oxidation

The cluster had a 3 second delay bursting charge which opened the container and released the bombs nose first

The Wehrmacht Long Service Award (German: Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung) was a military service decoration of NSDAP Germany issued for satisfactory completion of a number of years in military service

Original 18th Century German Air Rifle with Wheel Lock Style Stock by Anton Baumann of Munick c.1798 ERA Standard company muskets were markedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is very special and very rare! These are truly interesting, and we have only had one similar example before! It is signed in scroll letters on the octagonal barrel: Anton Baumann in Mnchen This air rifle was made by the high art Gun Maker ANTON BAUMMAN of MUNICH, who worked at his height between 1798 and 1812 when he was Gun Maker to the Crown Prince of Bavaria. It is constructed along the lines of a Wheel lock