Original U.S. Model 1836 Flintlock Cavalry Pistol by Asa Waters Converted to Percussion - dated 1840 U.S. Badges The 7th Machine Gun Battalion

The 7th Machine Gun Battalion of the 3rd Division rushed to Château-Thierry amid retreating French troops and held the Germans back at the Marne River

the force hoped to catch the Germans off guard

Nearly 50% of the division's strength was brushed aside  in the first days of the Battle of the Bulge

Advancing all night

a very rare transitional Brown Bess Musket made circa 1790

Original U.S. Model 1836 Flintlock Cavalry Pistol by Asa Waters Converted to Percussion - dated 1840 U.S. Badges The 7th Machine Gun BattalionOriginal Item: Only One Available. Adopted in 1836, the production of this model continued until 1844, and this flintlock pistol intended for Cavalry was widely used in the Mexican American War. A total of almost 41,000 units were produced before being replaced by the M 1842 Percussion pistol. Many flintlock pistols were later converted to percussion, such as this example. This example was made by Asa H. Waters of Milbury, Massachusetts, and is still