Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle musket
rifle, percussion, Enfield, Pattern 1853 3rd Model, rifle musket, rifle, percussion
Accession Number
NAM.1997-08-58-1
Description
Pattern 1853, Enfield rifle musket, 3rd Model, dated 1858 Liege contract 1858. Marked to 14th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers to whom it was subsequently issued. The 14th Middlesex were formed at Highgate on 2 November 1859. They eventually became part of the 3rd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers after 1880 when the Middlesex Rifle Volunteers were reorganised.
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