December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
1) A British Army musket sling, early-mid 19th century, made of buff leather 50 L x 1 1/4 in. W, with a fixed loop at one end, a sliding loop and two pairs of holes with buff leather ties. The underside near the fixed loop has a "[broad arrow] / 30" in black paint and approximately midway is another "broad arrow" stamp in black; the outside of the sling is pipeclayed white. [WITH] 2) an unmarked sling of black harness leather with tooled edging, same dimensions as first sling, but fixed to the sling swivels of a musket (or military rifle) by the leather buttons at each end, the sling being folded back inward some 7-8 inches from each end and buttoning into key-holed slits set to receive such. The shared dimensions suggest that this could also be British, perhaps for a rifle unit, but the overall form suggests American. CONDITION: buff sling very good, the black sling has a few weak spots in leather, such as at one of the leather buttons and another point near a fold line; other good to very good.