Original Napoleonic British Made Portuguese Contract Flintlock Sea Service Pistol from the Peninsula Wars 1808-1813 MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The regiment took part in

The regiment took part in Sir Samuel Auchmuty's disastrous expedition to the River Plate in October 1806

The crown exterior features a sewn-in

The front of the shell has a white hand painted Captain's bars and the rear has a "follow me" officer stripe which was painted over with OD green

something that would have been unheard of in Britain

Original Napoleonic British Made Portuguese Contract Flintlock Sea Service Pistol from the Peninsula Wars 1808-1813 MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The regiment took part inOriginal Item: Only One Available. This very nice "attic find" flintlock sea service pistol was most likely made in Birmingham for England's oldest European Ally, Portugal, for a contract issued originally by the Portuguese King DON PEDRO III. He came to the throne in 1777 but died prematurely in 1786. The contract was filled over years, in fact over decades right up to the time of Portugal's war, with Napoleon known as the PENINSULA WAR, which