Original African Set of Two War Swords from the Upper Congo Region Anglo-Ashanti War - c.1870 Martini-Henry Rifle • Original Walnut horizontal fore

• Original Walnut horizontal fore grip and steel grip mount bar

with thousands of rounds in the wagons 400 yards in rear

The bone grips have a lovely patina

but original conditions vary

we firmly believe this musket started life as an English Flintlock

Original African Set of Two War Swords from the Upper Congo Region Anglo-Ashanti War - c.1870 Martini-Henry Rifle • Original Walnut horizontal foreOriginal Item: One of a Kind Set. IMA President Christian Cranmer recalls times when as a boy, his father used to tell him that when he was young, there really were Atlases that had "UNEXPLORED" and "UNKNOWN" printed right across the center of the Continent of Africa. Needless to say the European Powers, especially the British, were always looking for new areas where they could expand the empire. In the later half of the 19th century, they started