This carbine is pictured and discussed on pages 400-403 of "American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume I: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms" by George Moller and has his "GDM" collection mark in tiny letters by the toe. The lock is signed "AMSTERDAM" and "J.G.ERTTEL" along the edges above and below the frizzen spring respectively. The younger Johann Georg Erttel (or Ertel) was named for his father, an armsmaker in Dresden. Moller indicates he took over Pierre Joseph Thirion's shop in Amsterdam when the latter died in 1752. Other sources indicate he did so by marrying Thirion's widow, Anne, and that Erttel died in 1794. The ramrod, barrel, and wrist escutcheon are all marked "No 3." The barrel also has the Amsterdam control mark. The furniture is all brass, and the front band has an integral ramrod pipe. It is fitted with a 19th century black leather sling. Provenance: The George Moller Collection