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Cerjak 6th February 2013 06:27 PM
Greek(RASAK) musket with inscription for comment
 
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I already have one similar Rasak but with a miquelet lock.
I ‘m wondering if those inscriptions after the date could be a city or only name from the owner.
Any comment on it will be welcome

Regards

Cerjak

Cerjak 6th February 2013 06:29 PM
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Norman McCormick 6th February 2013 10:18 PM
Hi Cerjak,
Nice rifle, I was informed if Greek and not Albanian should be called 'Kariofili' and not 'Rasak'. See this thread http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=rasak Sorry I can't help you with any translation, hopefully a Greek speaking Forumite will come along and help soon. Have you dismounted the barrel? As you can see from the above thread the barrel on mine came from France, would be nice to know if yours was a locally made barrel or cannibalised from another musket as mine was.
My Regards,
Norman.

eftihis 7th February 2013 05:28 AM
Nice and typical "kariofili".
The inscription states: "1855, December 21, Karditsa". ("Kardista" is a city in central Greece).

Cerjak 7th February 2013 06:13 PM
Hi Norman & eftihis

Many thanks for those informations.
I will try to remove the barel to see if there is foreign marks but always afraid to damage something ...

Regards

Cerjak

fernando 7th February 2013 07:12 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by eftihis
Nice and typical "kariofili".
The inscription states: "1855, December 21, Karditsa". ("Kardista" is a city in central Greece).
So nice of you in promptly helping, Eftighis :cool:

bluelake 8th February 2013 11:38 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by eftihis
Nice and typical "kariofili".
The inscription states: "1855, December 21, Karditsa". ("Kardista" is a city in central Greece).
That looks like it might be 1865.

Cerjak 9th February 2013 03:41 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bluelake
That looks like it might be 1865.
yes it is 1865 no doubt.


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