Original 19th Century Greek or Balkan Ornate Silver Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail Pistol with Markings - c.1805 British Antique Guns --o 3 rifle companies

--o 3 rifle companies

is features a double breasted six button front

Straps are web with metal fittings in the P37 style

these postwar examples are ideal for reenactors and collectors

has purchased a small Collection of significant British Naval Historical Objects salvaged from ships from ADMIRAL HORATIO NELSON'S Naval Career

Original 19th Century Greek or Balkan Ornate Silver Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail Pistol with Markings - c.1805 British Antique Guns --o 3 rifle companiesOriginal 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