Original European Continental "Versailles" Style Officer's Percussion Converted Pistol - Circa 1830 WWII and not octagonal

and not octagonal

the Hawkes Bay regiment was amalgamated with the Wellington Regiment and become the 7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay)

the abbreviation for Gau Bayerische-Ostmark (Bavarian East March)

and this is the first time that we have had one of the rare 1st pattern examples of the Leader (Officer) dagger

RAD Long Service Award (3rd class for 12 years of service)

Original European Continental "Versailles" Style Officer's Percussion Converted Pistol - Circa 1830 WWII and not octagonalOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a lovely European Officer's Pistol, made very much in the high end French style of the day, known as the "Versailles" style. Designed by famed gunsmith Nicolas Nol Boutet, this pattern pistols were very popular and extensively made for French Officers. This example was almost certainly made in Lige, Belgium, a gunmaking center even today, which had been under French and then Dutch control until the early