Original British Napoleonic Officer Commission with Named Dirk of Lieutenant Thomas Paul Perkins Napoleonic Probably German WW1 issue or

Probably German WW1 issue or Finnish manufacture

Unlike the Germans the Austrian pattern helmet are often found without factory stamps and heating lot codes

Comes with black all steel fittings and U

The lens protrudes like as "eye" taking up the entire 1

The most common complaint about the Hotchkiss was its weight: the gun and tripod weighed a total of 110 pounds

Original British Napoleonic Officer Commission with Named Dirk of Lieutenant Thomas Paul Perkins Napoleonic Probably German WW1 issue orOriginal Items: One of a kind set. Genuine original naval commission of THOMAS PAUL PERKINS dated June 17th, 1797 signed by Admiral of the Blue JOHN JERVIS, later the famous Earl St. Vincent (1735 1823). The commission appoints Perkins to a Lieutenant aboard the HMS MELEAGER, which was a 32 gun frigate that Greaves and Nickolson built in 1785 at the Quarry House yard in Frindsbury, Kent, England. She served during the French Revolutionary Wars until