Original 19th Century Greek or Balkan Ornate Silver Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail Pistol - circa 1800 German Military Maps This a a very rare

This a a very rare navigational instrument used on American bombers in WWII

The Regimental Advance party prepared a gun position near Wierden in the afternoon and wheeled vehicles of F echelon arrived in the evening

being machined from solid steel stock

made of hand wrought iron with an integral lock for one ankle and and a running lock on the other solidified once attached to the master chain

Original 19th Century Greek or Balkan Ornate Silver Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail Pistol - circa 1800 German Military Maps This a a very rareOriginal 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