Musket from Battle of Omdurman
Item
Title
Musket from Battle of Omdurman
musket
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Sudan; Omdurman, Battle of, 1898; weaponry; Firearms; trophies; battles; campaign mementoes
Equipment - WEV Dept
Description
Smooth bore percussion musket used at the Battle of Omdurman. It its assumed that the weapon was originally used by a soldier of the occupying Ottoman/Egyptian garrison and taken by the Anṣār (الأنصار) after an earlier victory. The musket is made of hard wood with metal fixings. There is a "31" marked on the stock, there is also a "18" marked on the first metal part of the barrel on the side without the firing mechanism, the stock has a metal butt plate. [FHM 09/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
1898
Format
Length 1480mm; Width 115mm
wood and metal
Identifier
5001.12
ES12
Source
Relation
Rights
© Royal Engineers Museum