Original Belgian "Versailles" Style Rifled Officer's Percussion Pistol marked EX on Lock and Barrel - Circa 1840 Manufacture Type_Original Items The flag of Japan and

The flag of Japan and the symbolism of the rising Sun has held symbolic meaning in Japan since the Asuka period (538–710 CE)

and would be read: SHOWA (current reigning emperor) Juu-Nana Nen (17th year of reign - 1942) 8th month (August)

which are faint but definitely still legible with a magnifier:

Field hospitals were initially in the open air

5" is a typical later 19th century style revolver with a "spur trigger" in

Original Belgian "Versailles" Style Rifled Officer's Percussion Pistol marked EX on Lock and Barrel - Circa 1840 Manufacture Type_Original Items The flag of Japan andOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a lovely Belgian made Officer's Pistol, made very much in the high end French style of the day, known as the "Versailles" style. Designed by famed gunsmith Nicolas Nol Boutet, this pattern pistols were very popular and extensively made for French Officers. This example was almost certainly made in Lige, Belgium, a gunmaking center even today, which had been under French and then Dutch control until the early