Infantry rifle with percussion model 1853, attributed to the Imperial Guard. Round barrel with thunderbolts punched and dated "1854". Back plate engraved "Mre Impale de Mutzig" and round-bodied hammer. Punched iron fittings. Bedplate with punch "G and crown" (possibly gendarme of the Imperial Guard) Stock in drowning with seal (small misses with the heel and holes of insect). Length barrel: 103 cm. Overall length: 141 cm. A.B.E. (Oxidations).

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