sling, rifle, sling, rifle
Accession Number
NAM.1973-09-34-1-2
Description
Original red leather sling for Russian .704 in percussion rifle, 1843. Exact copy of the Brunswick Rifle of Belgian manufacture. Captured by the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) from a Russian Rifle Regiment in the Crimean War (1854-1856).
Campaigns
Crimean War (1854-1856)
People
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