Title

Sapper's gun M1815 or percussion gun with ramrod and bayonet, used by the boys of the Reformed Orphanage, Rotterdam, rifle

Caption

Sapper's gun M1815 or percussion gun with ramrod and bayonet, used by the boys of the Reformed Orphanage, Rotterdam, rifle rifle percussion rifle rifle firearm weapon iron steel wood walnut metal, tail engraved 1815 pocket in the back debossed 38 front cordon bracket debossed oval mark unreadable above front strap ring debossed oval J on rear cordon bracket debossed oval unreadable on bottom plate debossed mark unreadable on flask circular burnt mark in the middle GH upper edge DELFT lower edge 1843 same location on flask carved LN army militia war bullet gunpowder infantry Rear monastery military gunner militaria orphanage Reformed Burgerweeshuis Gereformeerd Burger Orphanage Rotterdam City center Stadsdriehoek Goudsewagenstraat boy exercise exercise disciplin discipline After disposal of the weapons in the army at the militia in use until about 1870. Then with the boys of the Gereformeerd Burgerweeshuis for exercise purposes

Date

1870

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT19B44_394

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,6Mb (1,4Mb) / 19,4in x 13,0in / 5808 x 3888 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sapper' gun M1815 percussion ramrod bayonet boys Reformed Orphanage Rotterdam rifle percussion rifle firearm weapon iron steel wood walnut metal crowned D tail engraved 1815 pocket back debossed front cordon bracket debossed oval markfront strap ring rear cordon bottom plate flask circular burnt middle GH upper DELFT lower 1843 location carved LN army militia war bullet gunpowder infantry Rear monastery military gunner militaria orphanage Reformed Burgerweeshuis Gereformeerd Burger Orphanage City center Stadsdriehoek Goudsewagenstraat boy exercise disciplin discipline disposal weapons 1870 Then Gereformeerd Burgerweeshuis exercise purposes Netherlands Dutch Europe