From the Tower of London to the Luxembourg Contingent. The british India pattern Musket

2026-03-11 17:00:00 2026-03-11 17:00:00 From the Tower of London to the Luxembourg Contingent. The british India pattern Musket Musée Dräi Eechelen In the framework of the exhibition Luxemburger Bundeskontigent. Miltär und Gesellschaft im 19. Jahrhundert :  Conference by Mark Murray-Flutter, senior curator, National Firearms Centre and Royal Armouries A brief yet compelling history of the British India Pattern musket, tracing its journey from manufacture to obsolescence. The talk explores its production, storage, and use – not only by British forces but also by European allies during the Napoleonic Wars. In the decades that followed, these surplus arms found their way to countries such as Mexico and Brazil. Notably, 23 flintlock muskets known as Englisch Modell were among the first issued to recruits of the Federal Contingent. Free entrance Duration : 18.00-19.30 Language : EN Registration:  servicedespublics@mnha.etat.lu T.: 47 93 30 214 or 414 Luxembourg Les amis des musées d'art et d'histoire Luxembourg info@amisdesmusees.lu Europe/Luxembourg public

Musée Dräi Eechelen

In the framework of the exhibition Luxemburger Bundeskontigent. Miltär und Gesellschaft im 19. Jahrhundert : 

Conference by Mark Murray-Flutter, senior curator, National Firearms Centre and Royal Armouries

A brief yet compelling history of the British India Pattern musket, tracing its journey from manufacture to obsolescence. The talk explores

its production, storage, and use – not only by British forces but also by European allies during the Napoleonic Wars. In the decades that followed, these surplus arms found their way to countries such as Mexico and Brazil. Notably, 23 flintlock muskets known as Englisch Modell were among the first issued to recruits of the Federal Contingent.

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