Product Details
A .750 PERCUSSION CAVALRY-CARBINE SIGNED 'WANZEL', MODEL 'LORENZ RIFLED CARBINE', no visible serial number, circa 1854, possibly converted from flintlock, with round tapering iron 14 1/2in. rifled barrel, applied boat-shaped fore-sight, the top of breech signed 'WANZEL', standing notch rear-sight to top-tang, plain bevel-edged lock with traced of a double-headed eagle stamp to the tail, walnut three-quarter stock with heavy iron furniture including complex saddle-bar co-joining the side-plate and running along the wrist and into the raised cheek-piece, no provision for ramrod
Other Notes: It is believed that an undisclosed number of these carbines and the musket versions of the same arm were purchased by both the North and South factions during the American Civil War
Please click HERE to view Terms & Conditions.
Estimate £300-350