Model 1817 "Donné par le Roi" reward flintlock rifle. Round barrel with thunderbolt sides, dated "1817 DT". Model An IX musket lock engraved "Manufre Royale de Versailles", with spangled "G" hallmark. Silver-plated brass fittings. Walnut stock with French coat-of-arms thumbpiece marked "Vive le Roy", hallmarked "JD" and "Andre". Silver plate "Donné par le Roi au Sr Dubois Henri" (reassembled). Barrel length 130 cm. Rifle length 143 cm. Bayonet length: 44.5 cm. B.E. (small wood chip on lock tang).

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