Original French Double Barrel Turnover Percussion Pistol with Carved Wood Stock - Possibly Converted from Flintlock Martini-Henry Rifles The weight and feel are

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

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

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

There is some wear to the paint

prior to 1916

Original French Double Barrel Turnover Percussion Pistol with Carved Wood Stock - Possibly Converted from Flintlock Martini-Henry Rifles The weight and feel areOriginal 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