PISTOLET PRÉ RÉGLEMENTAIRE RÉGIMENT LA MOTHE HOUDANCOURT, COMPAGNIE MESTRE DE CAMP, vers 1710-1713, Ancienne Monarchie. 22864

PRE-REGULATORY PISTOL LA MOTHE HOUDANCOURT REGIMENT, MESTRE DE CAMP COMPANY, circa 1710-1713, Former Monarchy. 22864

Long barrel walnut frame, hallmarked near the thumb piece of a fleur-de-lis, all brass fittings. Barrel with sides then round with upper flat along the entire length up to the aiming point, engraved with the inscription “REG*DE*LA*MOTHE HOV. COMP MASTER*DE. CAMP N5", length 30.4 cm, length with tail breech 35.6 cm. Flintlock, flat body signed by the contractor "PENEL L'AISNE", hallmark showing a fleur-de-lys framed by the letters "S E". Flat-bodied gooseneck hammer, steel bassinet. Counter-plate in ornate cast brass depicting a flaming bomb in the style of the years 1700-1710. Brass thumb fitting surmounted by a ducal crown. Modified sous-garde with end transformed into fleur-de-lys.
Total length of the weapon 48.5 cm, caliber 18 mm

France.
Former Monarchy.
Very good condition, oxidations of use to the steel parts.

HISTORY:
The regiment of La Mothe-Haudancourt was raised on November 19, 1703, by Charles-Louis, marquis of La Mothe-Haudancourt. Dismissed on December 10, 1713. The mestre de camp was incorporated into Chambonas, which became Royal-Navarre.
This regiment takes part in the campaign of Flanders; Battle of Ramilies, battle of Plassendal, battle of Audenards, affair of Vinendal and Loffinghen, battle of Malplaquet.Rhine in 1711. Capture of Spire, Worms, Kayserlautern, Landau, Friborg in 1713.

BIOGRAPHY :
Louis Charles de La Mothe-Houdancourt (born December 21, 1687, died November 3, 1755), French soldier of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Eldest son of Charles de La Mothe, Marquis d'Houdancourt (circa 1643 † 1728), and Marie Élisabeth de La Vergne de Monteynard, Louis-Charles, was the great-nephew of the Marshal-Duke of Cardone, of the Archbishop of 'Auch (Henri) and the bishops of Mende (Daniel) and Saint-Flour (Jérôme).
King's musketeer since 1702, it was with this corps that he took part in the siege of Tongres in 1703. Colonel of an infantry regiment of his name, formerly Beuzeville, on July 13, 1705, he raised the same year, one regiment of cavalry per commission of 19 November.
Employed in Flanders until 1712, he made the campaign on the banks of the Rhine in 1713, and was appointed brigadier of the king's armies on February 1, 1719. On November 6, 1723, he obtained command of the Aumont cavalry regiment.
He received in 1722 the title of Grand of Spain first class.
In 1728, Louis Charles inherited1 from his father the domain of Chevrières (Oise).
Governor of the city and citadel of Mézières (April 1, 1728), the Marquis de la Mothe-Houdancourt was attached, during the War of the Polish Succession (from 1733 to 1736), to the army of Italy. He won (February 20, 1734) the ranks of field marshal. Governor of Salins on September 6, 1738, he was elevated to the rank of lieutenant general of the king's armies on October 18.
He served in Germany in the years 1741 and 1742, in Flanders the campaign of 1744, and on the banks of the Rhine those of 1745 and 1746.
He had been made Knight of Honor by Queen Marie Leczinska in 1743, Knight of the Orders of the King in 1744, and obtained on September 17, 1747 the baton of Marshal of France.
He died on November 3, 1755, at the age of sixty-seven.

NOTE :
Here is what the LA PISTOLE website says: http://www.lapistole.com/PRcavprereglementaires.html
As their name suggests, these pistols are not subject to regulation or manufacture. So they can be made by any gunsmith. At the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century these pistols were very long, often around 60 cm. This is the legacy of arquebuses and wheel guns. Before the adoption of the 1733 model, the captains and owners of their army had their cavalrymen's pistols manufactured wherever they wanted. It was the same for the officers of the King's household. In 1666 the King asked TITON to create a "Royal Store" where the weapons available to the armies would be stored. The capitals will be able to supply themselves there. TITON therefore had weapons made in the gunsmith towns to fill this store located near the Bastille.
From the beginning of the 18th century, therefore, we find more or less homogeneous types that could be identified by body markings or the Magazin Royal mark. Often the pistols of the troops were lined with brass while those of the companies in the service of the king and the officers were rather lined with polished iron and even sometimes with silver.
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Cette arme est une arme ancienne de collection qui ne peut être utilisée, elle est inactive, les cartouches actuelles ne sont pas utilisables par cette arme qui ne fonctionne pas.
La loi du 6 mars 2012 classe les armes en 4 catégories et règle leurs modes d'acquisition et de détention. Le classement est donc essentiel. Le décret n° 2013-700 du 30 juillet 2013 précise la liste des armes propres à chaque catégorie.
L'arme présentée est en catégorie D2 détention libre, elle peut donc être achetée sans aucune restriction, puisque inactive.