Original U.S. Civil War French M1854 Lefaucheux Cavalry Model 12mm Pinfire Revolver - Serial Number 34782 Martini-Henry Parts back-strap

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All M-1 helmet shells had a stainless steel rim

We believe it was manufactured between1942 and 1944 and has been stored well as it shows very little sign of age

and King's German Legion light cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars

The bayonet includes a steel scabbard

Original U.S. Civil War French M1854 Lefaucheux Cavalry Model 12mm Pinfire Revolver - Serial Number 34782 Martini-Henry Parts back-strapOriginal 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 34304 is within the range of numbers of the revolvers imported to the USA during the Civil War (approx. 25,000 37,000). The 1854 model was the first metallic cartridge revolver adopted by a national government. Most were produced either at the state arsenal in St. Etienne (MAS),