Nice pair of officer's pistols model 1833 first type percussion, octagonal harlequin barrels in 18 gauge to the pound 48 rifled hair slightly blunderbussed at the muzzle. Flat lock bodies signed Manufacture Royale de Chatellerault with remains still visible of the package tempering. Finger rest trigger guard, checkered blond walnut frame with iron hood/corkscrew. Rods with end ring of brass. Dismountable caps forming receptacles for the powder dose on one and for a spare barrel on the other. Functional mechanisms, with the caps of the barrels. Interesting testimony of the epic of the conquest of Algeria (Condition 1-)

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