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CIRCA 1862
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TWO FRENCH PERCUSSION MODEL 1836 GENDARMERIE OFFICER'S PISTOLS
circa 1862
One pistol dated 1862, the configuration and markings identical in all other respects, each with 5 1/8in sighted two-stage barrel with microgroove rifled bore, Poncharra type lock inscribed 'Mre Impale de Châtellerault', figured walnut half-stock, iron mounts including hinged butt-trap cover, and original ramrod.
10in (25.4cm) (2)
circa 1862
One pistol dated 1862, the configuration and markings identical in all other respects, each with 5 1/8
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Literature
Etienne and Alaric, Les Pistolets d'Officiers de Gendarmerie, Tradition Magazine, No. 112-113, July-August 1996.
Special notice
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