Napoleonic dip pen
This was found in the 1970s on the battlefield of Ligny. Does anyone know more about it and what kind of person might have used it




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This was found in the 1970s on the battlefield of Ligny. Does anyone know more about it and what kind of person might have used it




The word 'pen' itself comes from an avian context, deriving from the Middle English penne, from Anglo-French, feather, pen, from Latin penna, pinna feather (Merriam Webster)