Prussian Model 1740 Infantry Musket
Date1775-1780
Maker
Potsdam Arsenal
(under Daun, Splittgerber & Erban)
MediumIron/steel, maple & brass
DimensionsOL: 57 5/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2009-35
Label TextWhile Prussia is not known to have directly supplied muskets for the American Revolution, they did supply arms to other city-states that fought on the side of the British (commonly known as Hessians). Furthermore, parts of Prussian muskets were incorporated into post-Revolutionary muskets assembled by American makers, proving their use in America. This musket is identical in form to those used by some of the so-called Hessians, who copied this pattern.
ca.1730-1780
