Original Dutch Napoleonic Flintlock Naval Pistol marked to Ship Willem de Eerste, Vlissingen - circa 1790 Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts (unknown) and dated 1940

(unknown) and dated 1940

Blade is engraved with various designs characteristic of the style just before and during the 1900 Rebellion

Diameter: 324 mm

though there is some wear to the stitching around the hole for the scabbard button

It comes comes compete with an original scabbard

Original Dutch Napoleonic Flintlock Naval Pistol marked to Ship Willem de Eerste, Vlissingen - circa 1790 Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts (unknown) and dated 1940Original Item: Only One Available. Belgium as we know it today was only established in 1830, when the population rebelled against Dutch rule. Prior to that, most of the country had been known as Flanders and other local areas, which were possessions of Spain, France and Holland over the prior several hundreds of years. Belgium was an Industrial powerhouse with its great capacity coming from the City of Lige, where gun making was a key industry