CAVALRY PISTOL, model An XIII, from the Imperial Manufacture of Charleville, First Empire. 30308
Five-sided barrel muzzle transitioning to a round 20 cm long barrel, dated "1813", overall length with the breech 23.9 cm. Walnut handle with a short stock, all brass fittings stamped with a "T" in a crown of François Tisseron, inspector at Charleville from 1796-1815. Flintlock mechanism signed "Manufre Imple de Charleville" and stamped with a "D" under a star. Iron ramrod.
Total length of the pistol 35 cm.
France.
First Empire.
Poor condition: missing upper jaw of the cock, parts in iron show signs of oxidation from use, broken cock spring, trigger missing, fractured stock.
Reference :
30308