Original U.S. Civil War M1842 Cut-down Percussion Musket by Harpers Ferry in Grade 2 "As Found" Condition - dated 1850 Category_Fusee Spring & Cover The marking ZD 217 is

The marking ZD 217 is there to enable the manufacturer and batch of steel from which any given helmet was manufactured to be identified easily

They required their own model Tripod with different style legs and a very large brass "soup-plate" traversing dial

The serial number listed indicates manufacture in 1942

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and removed the tagane-makura (raised area around the mei)

Original U.S. Civil War M1842 Cut-down Percussion Musket by Harpers Ferry in Grade 2 "As Found" Condition - dated 1850 Category_Fusee Spring & Cover The marking ZD 217 isOriginal item: One of a Kind. Over the years, IMA has purchased many collections and groups of antique guns, in which case we need to take all of them, as we did in Nepal. While these collections were generally full of guns that relatively good condition, they also had some that were less complete and unfortunately would take more restoration time than we were able to give them. We kept them in storage, possibly for future products, but have now