Original U.S. 19th Century Allen's 1865 Patent Single Shot .32 Rimfire Cartridge Pocket Pistol Category_Martini-Henry Accessories leather grip with leather bushed

leather grip with leather bushed steel cross guard

Originally using a 6 1/2" blade section from a French 1886 Lebel bayonet mounted on an all steel knurled no-slip hilt

Many of these were captured during the  the 1939 invasion of Finland

The interior has been coated in some type of lacquer which has preserved it nicely but has made the leather stiff

the Canadian volunteers for Project Plough were also sometimes known unofficially as the "2nd Canadian Parachute Battalion"

Original U.S. 19th Century Allen's 1865 Patent Single Shot .32 Rimfire Cartridge Pocket Pistol Category_Martini-Henry Accessories leather grip with leather bushedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is one of the first cartridge pistols produced in United States after the Civil War, made in the 1860's for the U. S. Market by Ethan Allen of Massachusetts (1808 1871). Allen developed his Gun business by taking his brother in law Charles Thuber as his partner, and they moved the plant to Worcester, Mass. Ethan Allen, no relation to the Revolutionary Ethan Allen, applied for various patents, most notably early