War of 1812 - Original Brown Bess .75 Calibre Musket Balls
Set of 5 .75 Calibre Musket Balls
Name/Title
1st Battalion Montreal Militia (War of 1812 Era) - Original Brown Bess .75 Calibre Musket Balls
Description
For Museum records only - Part of the Lieutenant Michael A. Hayes-Rivet (MHR) Trust Collection
*** FOR ARCHIVE PURPOSES ONLY - ARTIFACT NOT PART OF MUSEUM COLLECTION ***
These original antique British Brown Bess Musket balls (5 pieces) were issued with the .75 cal. British EIC P-1771 Third Model Brown Bess Flintlock Muskets as used during the War of 1812 (Battle of Chateauguay) and the Napoleonic Wars.
Obsoleted in the 1850s when Britain standardized on the .577 cal. these British EIC P-1771 Third Model Brown Bess Flintlock musket balls laid undisturbed for nearly 150 years prior to being discovered in a hoard in 2003.
Provenance: Original Item: Lt. Hayes-Rivet (MHR) Trust Collection and part of a original hoard discovered under a brick floor in the old palace of Lagan Silekhana in Kathmandu, Nepal in February 2003.
