Original 19th Century Greek or Balkan Ornate Silver Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail Pistol with Markings - c.1805 Antique Wheellock Firearms Approximately 38" x 12" x

Approximately 38" x 12" x 12"

5 inch blade having been shortened from the original 12 inches to conform with post WWI Bayonet lengths

something we don't see often

and is approximately 41 1/2 inches in overall length

September 12

Original 19th Century Greek or Balkan Ornate Silver Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail Pistol with Markings - c.1805 Antique Wheellock Firearms Approximately 38" x 12" xOriginal Item: Only One Available. These were often referred to as Miquelet "Rat Tail" Pistols because of the shape of the stock. These were the traditional muzzle loading pistol of the Balkans and Greece in the early to mid 1800s. Designed to be worn in a sash around one's waist the weapon is very streamlined in appearance. The wood stock is profusely decorated with embossings of fabulously worked Silver, which could possibly be cast pieces which