Original U.S. Civil War Belgian made “Brazilian Contract” Light Minié Percussion Rifle by O.P. Drissen & Cie of Liège - Serial 4769 Nepalese Cache Extras which at the time was

which at the time was not "technically" illegal for a contractor to bribe a member of the government

This is a stellar example of a Korean War-Era Bancroft “Pak-Cap” with the original Bancroft tag

It has a heavy brass plated iron tsuba (cross guard) and a single gilt brass seppa (spacer)

and does look to have been arsenal repainted at some point

Original U.S. Civil War Belgian made “Brazilian Contract” Light Minié Percussion Rifle by O.P. Drissen & Cie of Liège - Serial 4769 Nepalese Cache Extras which at the time wasOriginal item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of rare Imported Civil War rifle. Usually referred to as the "Brazilian Contract Light Mini Rifle", research has shown that these are more correctly called the "Brazilian Model 1855 Naval Rifle". These were essentially a Belgian made percussion rifle very similar to the British P 1856 two band Enfield rifle, made utilizing the Belgian Mini ball rifled system. Approximately 6,000 of these