Original French Silver Mounted English Style Percussion Pistol with Huge .75” Man-Stopping Rifled Barrel - circa 1840 Military Books & Documents every member of that order

every member of that order was automatically invested with the new Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle

The soldier then essentially points and fires

Along with the faceform

The reverse ricasso is etched with the trademark Alcoso used in 1939-1940

Original French Silver Mounted English Style Percussion Pistol with Huge .75” Man-Stopping Rifled Barrel - circa 1840 Military Books & Documents every member of that orderOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a most unusual BIG BORE single shot Percussion pistol in the English style, which we believe to have been made in France. It has the number 7326 marked on the under side of the barrel, inside of the lock, and inside the trigger guard. The 6 1 2 inch long octagonal "Damascus" spiral forged barrel measures out to about 0. 75" inside, around 11 bore, larger than many shotguns. We thought it might have been