A Rare Danish carbine for the Schleswig Gendarmes pattern 1851. The marking S.G. 15 can be found on the butt plate, trigger guard and lock plate. The lock plate is also marked FRANCOTTE LIEGE. The the 50,5 cm. long round barrel in calibre c. 15 mm. is marked 15 on the left hand side.
The noose cap is missing and so is the back swivel and ramrod. The iron spotted and the fore stock is missing three shivers of wood. The barrel is not rifled.
Weapons, Oriental art & carpets, 28 November 2013