Original French Silver Mounted Flintlock Pocket Pistol with Gold Inlaid Barrel & Safety “Dog” on Hammer - circa 1740 17th Century This basically indicates the origin

This basically indicates the origin

engineering

It is marked BRESCIA over an 1890 date on the barrel

In August the command was assigned to the First Allied Airborne Army

so the retainer spoon is worn

Original French Silver Mounted Flintlock Pocket Pistol with Gold Inlaid Barrel & Safety “Dog” on Hammer - circa 1740 17th Century This basically indicates the originOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Very striking, this small sidelock flintlock pistol is beautifully mounted in solid silver carved mounts of Long Eared butt cup with a Cameo type mask finial. It bears deeply embossed mountings of a silver trigger guard, side plate, and ramrod pipes. It even still retains its silver tipped wooden ramrod. The fine walnut stock is also carved with flowers behind the barrel tang. Typically French in design, the maker's name