Original European Continental Double Barrel Percussion Overcoat Pistol - Circa 1840 Russian Ordnance Fluted jacket retains original blued

Fluted jacket retains original blued finish which is most often found covered in layers of paint making this a very fine specimen ready to display

) and the Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39 had been the "soft firing"

made of high-grade steel making this ready to use

so it probably rates an 8 out of 10

The Order may also be bestowed to foreign nationals and is frequently awarded to military and diplomatic personnel of other countries stationed in (or providing support to) Belgium

Original European Continental Double Barrel Percussion Overcoat Pistol - Circa 1840 Russian Ordnance Fluted jacket retains original bluedOriginal Items: Only One Available. Produced mostly in Belgium, pistols like this were a LIFE SAVER: a small Double Barrel percussion cap pocket pistol that could easily carried in a coat pocket. In the dank times of Dickensian London and Paris and New York for that matter CRIME was rife! Foot pads and thugs were everywhere. These small, then inexpensive pistols were the rage for self protection. Shipped over to the United States in great quantities