Brown-Bess-Type Flintlock Musket Lower Ramrod Pipe U.S. Replica The Karabiner 98 Kurz (often

The Karabiner 98 Kurz (often abbreviated Kar98k

For excellent service as a combat radio technician attached to a Marine Division during the operations against the enemy on IWO JIMA

not available in this condition for nearly 20 years

The 9th Infantry is still under arms today as a “Stryker” force

Totally original and color faded showing use from just after the fall of Emperor Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo up until the Crimean War of the 1850s

Brown-Bess-Type Flintlock Musket Lower Ramrod Pipe U.S. Replica The Karabiner 98 Kurz (oftenOriginal Item: The typical military Brown Bess type flintlock musket has three ramrod pipes. The upper and middle pipes are relatively simple, but the lower pipe is more elaborate and is carefully cut into the forestock. Since all manufacture at this time was by hand, every piece is somewhat different. The photogtraphs indicate the differences between individual pieces; there is no choice in ordering.