Pistol model 1822 T Bis "built new", 220 mm round barrel, lock signed Manufacture Impériale de Mutzig and stamped D in an oval (DESAGA, comptroller at Mutzig from 1841 to 1859), dated 1855 and stamped 734 au tonnerre, breech tail marked "Mle 1822...Bis", all brass fittings stamped, stock stamped 734 and stamped Mutzig, stock stamp dated 1856, wear, oxidation, LT 360 mm, France Second Empire period, category D § e.

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