This is a Type III Flintlock Musket with a brass blade front sight on the barrel band, a bayonet band near the muzzle, "US" and "P/Eagle head/V" at the breech, the lock plate dated 1812 and marked with a script "US" over the federal eagle and shield motif above "SPRINGFIELD" in an upward curve, "1811" dated buttplate, "LJ" and another inspection mark behind the trigger guard, and a socket bayonet. The Model 1795 is significant as the first official musket of the U.S. military and was widely used in the War of 1812.