Original Napoleonic British Made Portuguese Contract Flintlock Sea Service Pistol from the Peninsula Wars 1808-1813 MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly This publication published in 2013

This publication published in 2013 tells the story about how the trade worked and was carried out

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The cylinder can then be removed for cleaning and inspection

The regiment took part in Sir Samuel Auchmuty's disastrous expedition to the River Plate in October 1806

and the grips are well worn

Original Napoleonic British Made Portuguese Contract Flintlock Sea Service Pistol from the Peninsula Wars 1808-1813 MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly This publication published in 2013Original Item: Only One Available. This very nice "attic find" flintlock sea service pistol was most likely made in Birmingham for England's oldest European Ally, Portugal, for a contract issued originally by the Portuguese King DON PEDRO III. He came to the throne in 1777 but died prematurely in 1786. The contract was filled over years, in fact over decades right up to the time of Portugal's war, with Napoleon known as the PENINSULA WAR, which