Original Belgian Flintlock Naval Pistol Converted to Percussion circa 1810 - 1820 - Liège Marked Hotchkiss MG tripod mounted

tripod mounted

In 1885 the regiment was shipped to the Sudan too late to save General Gordon at Khartoum who was killed on January 26th

There is an original red colored felt strip in the rifle slot

'Americans put up a huge formation of B17's on Bastille Day to bomb a target in France

well in time for the ENGLISH CIVIL WAR

Original Belgian Flintlock Naval Pistol Converted to Percussion circa 1810 - 1820 - Liège Marked Hotchkiss MG tripod mountedOriginal Item: Only one Available. This type of Pistol was manufactured in Belgium, which was under Napoleon Bonaparte's control until 1814. Production continued after the battle of Waterloo in 1815 and very possibly into the 1820's. Belgium was an Industrial powerhouse, with its great capacity coming from the City of Lige, where gun making was a key industry, and would end up supplying Military Weapons all over Europe after Belgian Independence in