Original French Double Barrel Turnover Percussion Pistol with Carved Wood Stock - Possibly Converted from Flintlock Martini-Henry Rifles Approximately 60 countries over four

Approximately 60 countries over four continents have flown the MiG-21

The blade ricasso is marked with RIA for the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois

and not something we have seen before

The weight and feel are true to the US WW2 issue Thompson M1A1

Polish-born Arthur Szyk was "one of the most original of political cartoonists… his designs are as compact as a bomb

Original French Double Barrel Turnover Percussion Pistol with Carved Wood Stock - Possibly Converted from Flintlock Martini-Henry Rifles Approximately 60 countries over fourOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very interesting French "turnover" percussion pistol, with aspects of the 17th and 18th century style. It may have originally been much longer, but now the barrels are 9 1 2" in length. We also feel that originally it was almost certainly a flintlock example, but was converted to percussion in the 19th century, as countless flintlocks were. It has an iron butt Cap surrounded by Ivory studs and the wood