Greetings all,
Recently I was in Thailand, and had the opportunity to see the Royal Palace complex in Bangkok. They had a royal arms collection, which, of course, I gravitated to. Inside I found some Enfield muskets with very interesting barrel bands. They looked an awful lot like the ones that come stock on your armisport and euroarms, but not like the ones we get on our defarbs. They didn't allow photos in there, and the lockplate was turned so that I could not see the year, but to me it looked exactly like the 1853 pattern. I also could not find anybody that worked there that spoke english. Just food for thought.
Recently I was in Thailand, and had the opportunity to see the Royal Palace complex in Bangkok. They had a royal arms collection, which, of course, I gravitated to. Inside I found some Enfield muskets with very interesting barrel bands. They looked an awful lot like the ones that come stock on your armisport and euroarms, but not like the ones we get on our defarbs. They didn't allow photos in there, and the lockplate was turned so that I could not see the year, but to me it looked exactly like the 1853 pattern. I also could not find anybody that worked there that spoke english. Just food for thought.
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