Original Very Rare Belgian M-1848 Thouvenin Percussion Rifle Bayonet with Brass Hilt - dated 1852 Antique Shotguns 92d Medical Gas Treatment Battalion

92d Medical Gas Treatment Battalion

The grip however is much more similar to the MkIII British

Of interest is the fact that at about this time

Manila Bay departed on 15 September as a unit of Carrier Division 24 (CarDiv 24)

in Northern Italy

Original Very Rare Belgian M-1848 Thouvenin Percussion Rifle Bayonet with Brass Hilt - dated 1852 Antique Shotguns 92d Medical Gas Treatment BattalionOriginal Item: Only One Available. These are very rare! This is a bayonet for the relatively short lived Belgian M 1848 Thouvenin 17. 5mm Percussion rifle, a "pillar breech" system firearm. This design was a fore runner of the Mini ball system, and was intended to aid the lead projectile's grip on the rifling grooves. The barrel featured a "pillar" in the chamber, and when loaded, the ramming action would deform the bullet when it hit the pillar,