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musket, matchlock

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  • Common Name
    musket
  • Other Name

    Japanese matchlock musket (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Japanese matchlock musket

    matchlock; Japanese; .72 inch calibre; muzzle-loading; smoothbore; brass fittings and lock; brass spring and hammer; barrel engraved with scene of man in landscape; bell-mouth; [inlaid with silver and copper]

    markings: 11 Japanese characters on underside of stock

    missing parts: ramrod

  • Place
  • Accession Date
    27 Nov 1919
  • Other Id

    W0096 (war)

    38005.39 (police firearm registration number)

  • Department
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