Original U.S. Civil War Austrian M1854 Lorenz Percussion Rifle with Confederate "Anchor" Proof & Bayonet - dated 1860 Revolutionary War using similar requirements for award

using similar requirements for award as the original silver variant

the frame being made entirely from German Silver

except for the nose cap

This tells us that although made to Government specifications this particular rifle NEVER belonged to the British Military

It has since been cleaned lightly

Original U.S. Civil War Austrian M1854 Lorenz Percussion Rifle with Confederate "Anchor" Proof & Bayonet - dated 1860 Revolutionary War using similar requirements for awardOriginal Item: Only one Available. This is a fantastic example of an Austrian M1854 Lorenz Percussion musket with bayonet, 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