Original 19th Century Greek or Balkan Ornate Silver Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail Pistol with Markings - c.1805 Antique Wheellock Firearms The 517th RCT was to

The 517th RCT was to move north to the Kleinhau-Bergstein area

used to secure Saddle Ring Carbine

5 inch blade having been shortened from the original 12 inches to conform with post WWI Bayonet lengths

September 12

By 1810 James Haslett had taken over the contract with the State of Virginia

Original 19th Century Greek or Balkan Ornate Silver Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail Pistol with Markings - c.1805 Antique Wheellock Firearms The 517th RCT was toOriginal Item: Only One Available. These were often referred to as Miquelet "Rat Tail" Pistols because of the shape of the stock. These were the traditional muzzle loading pistol of the Balkans and Greece in the early to mid 1800s. Designed to be worn in a sash around one's waist the weapon is very streamlined in appearance. The wood stock is profusely decorated with embossings of fabulously worked Silver, which could possibly be cast pieces which