Pistol Of The Bodyguards Of The King's Military Household, Second Model Of 1818.

PISTOLET DES GARDES DU CORPS DE LA MAISON MILITAIRE DU ROI, SECOND MODEL of 1818.
France, Restoration period.
Steel, brass and wood
L.T.: 35.5cm. Barrel length: 20cm. Cal.: 17mm

Twisted steel barrel, with short thunderbolt flanks and inner barrel. Hallmark on upper side; markings and numbering on underside.
ANXIII model lock, converted to percussion, marked St Etienne Mfre Royale, and hallmarked with a fleur-de-lys. Brass bail.
Brass fittings, with trigger guard ending in a fleuron and two-band mouthpiece. They are stamped M and C circled.
Nailhead iron ramrod.
Walnut frame, with half-length barrel, forming a smooth handle that flares out at the bottom, the left side is stamped with five circles, and a punch at the rear of the breech tail.
Ellipsoidal brass cap, decorated with three fleurs-de-lis.

Manufacture de Saint-Etienne produced only 300 examples of this model.
The barrel has been polished and rebleued in its time; old enture on the stock.

Reference : 5738

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According to article L311-2 of the French Code de la sécurité intérieure, this collector's weapon is classified as a category D collectible. It is free to acquire and hold. We remind you that their sale is forbidden to minors.