Original U.S. Civil War Pettengill "Self-Cocking" Hammerless Army .44cal Percussion Revolver - serial 3247 Russian Ordnance Drawstring absent

Drawstring absent

The jacket is not named but does have a laundry number 7881 which was the last four digits of the solider's Army Serial Number

swas in it’s talons

Trousers are undamaged

On the sandstone plate next to the memorial it says: Stalag VIIIA: A place sanctified by the blood and martyrdom of the prisoners of war of the anti-AH coalition during the Second World War – 22

Original U.S. Civil War Pettengill "Self-Cocking" Hammerless Army .44cal Percussion Revolver - serial 3247 Russian Ordnance Drawstring absentOriginal Item: Only One Available. These are very rare! C. S. Pettengill of New Haven, CT was granted U. S. Patent 15,388 on July 22, 1856, which was for this "Self Cocking" design. The design was then improved by Edward A. Raymond and Charles Robotaille of Brooklyn, NY, who were granted U. S. Patent 21,054 on July 27, 1858. Production was then started in 1858 at the Rogers and Spencer production plant, being overseen by HENRY S. ROGERS himself. The