Original Cased Bronze Flintlock Duck’s Foot Pistol by Nock Named to Rear Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham Dated 1814 MG 15 departed Wellington in eighty-nine ships

departed Wellington in eighty-nine ships embarked for the Solomon Islands with a 60-day combat load which did not include tents

This set of six consecutively numbered muskets has been fully restored and have been part of the IMA collection for many years

around the gas piston

the site of the present-day city of Fort Worth

Original Cased Bronze Flintlock Duck’s Foot Pistol by Nock Named to Rear Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham Dated 1814 MG 15 departed Wellington in eighty-nine shipsOriginal Item: One of a kind. Rear Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham, KCB (12 October 1762 2 September 1820), was a British Royal Naval commander who saw service during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He is remembered for his scientific accomplishments, particularly the development of a signal code that was adopted by the Royal Navy in 1803. Early life and career He was the son of Joseph Popham, consul at Ttouan in Morocco, and was