FIREARMS. FRANCE. Gendarmerie musket model 1857 with walnut frame with "MI" label dated 1860, round barrel with short thunderbolts stamped with the controllers, dated 1859, breech tail engraved "Mle 1857", rear lock from the imperial manufacture of St-Etienne, brass fittings, iron ramrod, with blackened leather strap, bayonet model 1847 with leather scabbard dated 1862 with brass stinger. L: 113.5 cm, barrel: 76 cm. A small arsenal case. ABE