1. Foster 997
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 997
- Title:
- Pattern 1856 Short Rifle
- Scope & Content:
- Muzzle-loading, rifled, .557in calibre. War Department production piece bought by the East India Company as a specimen and numbered as their pattern piece number 118 (engraved ‘118’ on buttplate tang). Correct ramrod present. Backsight leaves. IOR L/R/7/382, #780-24.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1856
- Extent:
- 1 Item