Original Civil War Era French M1854 Lefaucheux Cavalry Model 12mm Pinfire Revolver - Serial Number 39181 Brunswick Guns This is right above "Meadowhall

This is right above "Meadowhall Iron Works"

This example is maker marked 6 on the back of the pin which represents the maker Fritz Zimmermann of Stuttgart

The New Model 1863 Navy was the last of Remington's

with the names of the squad that found it

The buckle a nice 1940 pattern fieldgrey painted steel construction box buckle with a smooth background

Original Civil War Era French M1854 Lefaucheux Cavalry Model 12mm Pinfire Revolver - Serial Number 39181 Brunswick Guns This is right above "MeadowhallOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Model 1854 Lefaucheux pinfire revolver was a large frame single action variant of this popular French pinfire system. The serial number 39181 is outside the range of serial numbers of the revolvers officially imported to the USA during the Civil War (approx. 25,000 37,000), however it's very possible that it was a private purchase from the period. The 1854 model was the first metallic cartridge revolver adopted