16169 - Continental Line/1st American Regiment Company Officer Advancing with Spontoon, 1777-87 K&C Age of Napoleon two pockets

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16169 - Continental Line/1st American Regiment Company Officer Advancing with Spontoon, 1777-87 K&C Age of Napoleon two pocketsContinental Line 1st American Regiment Company Officer Advancing with Spontoon, 1777 87 This officer carries a spontoon a weapon originating with earlier pole arms when they were the only weapon a foot soldier carried. By the late 18th century polearms such as the sergeants halberd and the officers spontoons were only a symbol of rank and were quickly falling out of favor for service in North America. The tradition continued, however, in both the