Original European Continental Double Barrel Box Lock Percussion Pistol - Circa 1840 Ancient and cut down slightly during

and cut down slightly during the process of suriage (blade shortening)

He wrote a book I FLEW WITH THE THE LAFEYETTE ESCADRILLE in retirement and died in 1968

in action on 4 March 1945

PER ASPERA AD ASTRA meaning "through hardships to the stars"

The lock is marked Manuf

Original European Continental Double Barrel Box Lock Percussion Pistol - Circa 1840 Ancient and cut down slightly duringOriginal Item: Only one available. Produced mostly in Belgium this is 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 who knows how many