muzzle loading flintlock rifle
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20010254-003
- Event War of 1812
- Affiliation --
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
Royal Armouries, H.M Tower of London
Baker, Ezekiel - Date Made 1803
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1803/01/01
- Latest 1803/12/31
- Brand Name / Model Baker
- Inscription (crown/couronne) / 7. (lockplate/platine) TOWER, (crown/couronne) /GR and (crown/couronne)/ /| (broad arrow). EB
- Pattern Name Pattern 1800 Infantry Rifle
- Materials Brass, Wood, Steel
- Service Component British Army
- Measurements Height 14.5 cm, Length 117.5 cm, Width 7.5 cm
- Caption Baker Rifle, Pattern 1805
- Additional Information This Baker infantry pattern rifle is the model carried by soldiers of Britain's 95th Regiment of Foot during the Battle of New Orleans.