Title
Sapper's gun M1815 or percussion gun with ramrod and bayonet, used by the boys of the Gereformeerde Weeshuis, Rotterdam, rifle
Caption
Sapper's gun M1815 or percussion gun with ramrod and bayonet, used by the boys of the Gereformeerde Weeshuis, Rotterdam, rifle rifle percussion rifle gun firearm weapon iron steel wood walnut metal, w 6.5 h 21.0 (bottom of the flask to the top of the cock) Sappurs rifle M1815 with transformed fireproof lock to percussion; frontloader ankle loops with smooth barrel loose ramrod and large bayonet fittings iron. Cupped flask crumbled fired plate 64 and 1830 on lockplate smashed diamond shaped brand S and round mark star on panrudiment crown and sign unrecognizable on rooster crown by the chimney debossed crowned G room in the back smashed 64 front cordon bracket debossed oval mark unreadable on rear cordon bracket debossed oval mark unreadable and loose 6 engraved on the backplate and C on flask debossed crowned V on flask circular burned mark in the middle GH upper edge DELFT lower edge 1844 at the same location on the flask inguinal LN army gunner war bullet gunpowder infantry Military military gunner militaria orphanage Reformed Burgerweeshuis Gereformeerd Burger Weeshuis Rotterdam City center Stadsdriehoek Goudsewagenstraat boy exercise exercise disciplinary discipline After disposal of the weapons in the army at the militia in use until around 1870. Then with the boys of the Gereformeerd Burgerweeshuis for exercise purposes
Date
1870
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT19B44_420
Model release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
64,6Mb (1,4Mb) / 19,4in x 13,0in / 5808 x 3888 (300dpi)