Original U.S. Civil War Austrian M1854 Lorenz Percussion Rifle with Replaced Lock Dated 1849 - Maker Marked German Edged Weapons It has a 3 inch

It has a 3 inch wide sleeve style header

The 2nd platoon of Company I had only two men left

a little over 132 milligrams (2

The body with its dark piping is in very good condition

The 33 inch blade of this example is in excellent condition

Original U.S. Civil War Austrian M1854 Lorenz Percussion Rifle with Replaced Lock Dated 1849 - Maker Marked German Edged Weapons It has a 3 inchOriginal Item: Only one Available. This is very nice and interesting example of an Austrian M1854 Lorenz Percussion musket, almost certainly imported for use in the U. S. Civil War Many European powers were beginning to move to cartridge firearms, and with a huge market in the United States, sold off many of their soon to be obsolete firearms. Some of these reached the Northern Union forces, but more often, they were sent to the South, which did not