Original Civil War Era French M1854 Lefaucheux Cavalry Model 12mm Pinfire Revolver - Serial Number 41407 M3 Grease Gun The right hand barrel tube

The right hand barrel tube is engraved:-

and is worn at the tip

Turkish soldiers incarcerated in British prison camps in the Middle East during and immediately after World War I made a variety of beadwork items to relieve the boredom of their prolonged imprisonment and to barter or sell for food and other amenities

the Adams Patent Small Arms Company

but firing pin appears to be missing or broken as it does not protrude on trigger pull

Original Civil War Era French M1854 Lefaucheux Cavalry Model 12mm Pinfire Revolver - Serial Number 41407 M3 Grease Gun The right hand barrel tubeOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Model 1854 Lefaucheux pinfire revolver was a large frame single action variant of this popular French pinfire system. The serial number 41407 is outside the range of numbers of the revolvers officially imported to the USA during the Civil War (25,000 37,000), however it's very possible that it was a private purchase. The 1854 model was the first metallic cartridge revolver adopted by a national government. Most