Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 17 May 2023
A Japanese matchlock musket (tanegashima)
A Japanese matchlock musket (tanegashima), slightly swamped hexagonal barrel 32 in., engraved along its length with swallows; snapping matchlock with swing-out pan cover and ball trigger; wooden stock with typical attenuated butt, brass furniture, a line of text impressed along the top of the wrist.
(116 cm overall length)
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