CAVALRY PISTOL, model An XIII, from the Imperial Manufacture of Charleville, First Empire. 26834
Walnut mount with short barrel, wood stamped "P" crowned near the backplate and again on the butt of reviser Charles Prunier, 1810-1813, and an "H" with all brass fittings stamped with the "T" in a crown of François Tisseron's reviser in Charleville, 1796-1815, the counterplate is stamped "NH" (unidentified stamp). Flintlock signed "Manufre Imple de Charleville" stamped with the starred "R" in a diamond of the controller François Roguet, 1810-1813. Barrel 20 cm in length, dated "1813", 24 cm with the tail of the breech, stamped "B" in an oval of the controller Étienne Breuil, in Charleville from 1806 to 1821. Tail of the breech marked "Mle an 13". Nail-headed iron ramrod.
Total length of the weapon 35.5 cm.
Caliber 18mm.
France.
First Empire.
Very good condition, steel parts with light oxidation cleaned.
Reference :
26834