Original U.S. Civil War Scarce J. Henry & Son Pennsylvania Home Guard Percussion "Saber Rifle" with Unit Marking - 1 of 70 Manufactured Sept. 1861 - March 1862 German Machine Guns It was aged and conditioned

It was aged and conditioned when installed in the helmet so that it looks like the real thing

Both the helmet and shell were made by Briggs Motor Bodies of Dagenham

and replaced with a simple notch sight

The result was Napoleon's lighting strike into Belgium

The back retains a certificate of authenticity and an old envelope that the signature purportedly came in

Original U.S. Civil War Scarce J. Henry & Son Pennsylvania Home Guard Percussion "Saber Rifle" with Unit Marking - 1 of 70 Manufactured Sept. 1861 - March 1862 German Machine Guns It was aged and conditionedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely patinated example of an extremely scarce Civil War rifle musket, the first that we have been able to offer in many years of business. The J. Henry & Son firm has a history dating back to before the French & Indian war, when William Henry started making firearms in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for British Colonial forces. He even took the field himself as an armorer during the campaign to recapture Fort