Title
Sapper's gun M1815 or percussion rifle with ramrod and bayonet, used by the boys of the Reformed Orphanage, Rotterdam, rifle
Caption
Sapper's gun M1815 or percussion rifle with ramrod and bayonet, used by the boys of the Reformed Orphanage, Rotterdam, rifle rifle percussion gun rifle firearm weapon iron steel wood walnut metal, tail engraved 1815 engraved on loop in room 1838 and crowned GF? G-hammered G-chamber punched at the chimney in front of the chimney 113 front cordon bracket debossed oval mark unreadable above front sling ring debossed 15 and S and crowned V at the back of the cordon brace debossed JB and loose 62 on the slab counter slap unreadable on the rear slotted backscrew wedged crowned S on the trigger wing and back grip base plate smashed oval marks unreadable on flask circular burnt mark in the middle GH bottom edge 1844 top edge unreadable same location on cob notched LN army militia war bullet gunpowder infantry Military military gunman militaria orphanage Reformed Burgerweeshuis Gereformeerd Burger Orphanage Rotterdam City center Stadsdriehoek Goudsewagenstraat boy exercise exercise discipline discipline Na 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_390
Model release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
64,6Mb (1,5Mb) / 19,4in x 13,0in / 5808 x 3888 (300dpi)