Original Very Rare Belgian M-1848 Thouvenin Percussion Rifle Bayonet with Brass Hilt - dated 1852 Category_Martini-Henry Rifles after extensive cabinet meetings Washington

after extensive cabinet meetings Washington decided that its initial response should be to:- Deploy air and naval forces to the immediate area

south of Antwerp

Unfortunately the chin scales and top hackle / plume are completely missing

The stitching running the full length is not intact

Original Very Rare Belgian M-1848 Thouvenin Percussion Rifle Bayonet with Brass Hilt - dated 1852 Category_Martini-Henry Rifles after extensive cabinet meetings WashingtonOriginal Item: Only One Available. These are very rare! This is a bayonet for the relatively short lived Belgian M 1848 Thouvenin 17. 5mm Percussion rifle, a "pillar breech" system firearm. This design was a fore runner of the Mini ball system, and was intended to aid the lead projectile's grip on the rifling grooves. The barrel featured a "pillar" in the chamber, and when loaded, the ramming action would deform the bullet when it hit the pillar,