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THBPotsdam Percussion Musket with 35th OVI Attribution
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Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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About Auction
LiveMay 3, 2017 - May 5, 2017
Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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- Lot Description
.70 caliber, 41.25" round barrel. Bright finish, beech stock. Prussian M-1809 "Potsdam" musket, altered to percussion from flint. Produced at the Prussian arsenal in Danzig in 1830 and so marked on the lock. Breech marked with date of conversion to percussion, 1844. Brass furniture, buttplate with Prussian regimental markings to the 4th Landwehr Battalion. Assembly number "27" on most components. Original M-1809 ramrod, marked to a different unit and gun is present, as is the original bayonet catch. The name A KEEN is scratched into the obverse stock. The consignor has documentation attributing the gun to Private Ayers Keen of the 35th OH, and a binder of information about Keen and the 35th OH is included, along with four 35th OH reunion badges. A quick search of Civil War Data reveals no less than 75 men with a first name starting with "A" and the last name "KEEN" that served with the Union army during the Civil War, so the identification appears tenuous at best.
Good overall. Metal with a smooth brown patina over most of the iron parts and a dark, uncleaned patina on the brass. Lock is mechanically functional and the bore is good. Stock has been sanded and varnished, leaving the buttplate quite proud of the wood. The upper sling swivel is missing.Condition
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