AN INTERESTING .750 FLINTLOCK SPORTING-GUN SIGNED 'PRITCHETT', no visible serial number, remanufactured from a Brown Bess service musket circa 1810 by another, with round iron 39in. barrel marked near breech '89 REGT.', Tower proofs and makers mark 'IG', hooked breech with pointed top-tang, plain military style lock signed 'PRITCHETT', walnut banana half-stock slimmed from a handrail design and cut-down from full, brass furniture, shield shaped escutcheon to wrist, kidney side-nail escutcheon, oval barrel-key escutcheons, horn fore-end tip, applied under-barrel rib with plain thimbles, missing ramrod. Other Notes: The 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army, raised on 3 December 1793 in response to the threat posed by the French Revolution, on 3 December 1793. Early history of the regiment shows it was sent to join the Duke of York's army in the Netherlands in the summer of 1794 as part of the unsuccessful defence of that country against the Republican French during the Flanders Campaign. It was then posted to Ireland and, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Blayney, it saw action at the Battle of Vinegar Hill in June 1798 during the rebellion there. The regiment became known for its perseverance in hunting down Irish rebels earning the nickname "Blayney's Bloodhounds". Subsequently it was posted to Malta in 1800 and later arrived in Egypt during March 1801 for service in the Egyptian Campaign. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Alexandria later that month and in April at the Siege of Cairo, earning itself the honour 'EGYPT' which was later applied to the regimental badge.
AN INTERESTING .750 FLINTLOCK SPORTING-GUN SIGNED 'PRITCHETT', no visible serial number, remanufactured from a Brown Bess service musket circa 1810 by another, with round iron 39in. barrel marked near breech '89 REGT.', Tower proofs and makers mark 'IG', hooked breech with pointed top-tang, plain military style lock signed 'PRITCHETT', walnut banana half-stock slimmed from a handrail design and cut-down from full, brass furniture, shield shaped escutcheon to wrist, kidney side-nail escutcheon, oval barrel-key escutcheons, horn fore-end tip, applied under-barrel rib with plain thimbles, missing ramrod. Other Notes: The 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army, raised on 3 December 1793 in response to the threat posed by the French Revolution, on 3 December 1793. Early history of the regiment shows it was sent to join the Duke of York's army in the Netherlands in the summer of 1794 as part of the unsuccessful defence of that country against the Republican French during the Flanders Campaign. It was then posted to Ireland and, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Blayney, it saw action at the Battle of Vinegar Hill in June 1798 during the rebellion there. The regiment became known for its perseverance in hunting down Irish rebels earning the nickname "Blayney's Bloodhounds". Subsequently it was posted to Malta in 1800 and later arrived in Egypt during March 1801 for service in the Egyptian Campaign. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Alexandria later that month and in April at the Siege of Cairo, earning itself the honour 'EGYPT' which was later applied to the regimental badge.
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