Original Belgian "Versailles" Style Rifled Officer's Percussion Pistol marked EX on Lock and Barrel - Circa 1840 Russian Antique Guns - Small photo of soldier

- Small photo of soldier with native naked woman

All components of this entrenching tool are offered in excellent condition

Though bearing a superficial resemblance to the Panzerschreck

which shows a bit of wear from powder burn:

Original Belgian "Versailles" Style Rifled Officer's Percussion Pistol marked EX on Lock and Barrel - Circa 1840 Russian Antique Guns - Small photo of soldierOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a lovely Belgian made Officer's Pistol, made very much in the high end French style of the day, known as the "Versailles" style. Designed by famed gunsmith Nicolas Nol Boutet, this pattern pistols were very popular and extensively made for French Officers. This example was almost certainly made in Lige, Belgium, a gunmaking center even today, which had been under French and then Dutch control until the early