Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1840 Percussion Conversion Artillery Short Musket dated 1843 MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The red tunic features a

The red tunic features a Navy Blue collar and Cuffs

The helmet also has an original hand-painted emblem of the 37th Infantry Division - Buckeye Division

wrapped in nitrated paper (paper that had been soaked in potassium nitrate and then dried

Very unusual in that it was never designed or intended to have any type of Butt Cap just a swollen Wood ball that I supposedly could crush a skull as easily as a metal one

Corporal Harry Plisevich

Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1840 Percussion Conversion Artillery Short Musket dated 1843 MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The red tunic features aOriginal item: One Only. The US Model 1840 Musket was a . 69 caliber musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It was a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to by its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816. All of these muskets were 58 inches long, with a barrel around 42 inches in length. An artillery short musket was also produced or modified from the long