Original European Continental Double Barrel Box Lock Percussion Pistol - Circa 1840 Technical Handbooks & Manuals The carbine is lightly stamped

The carbine is lightly stamped stamped UNION / RIFLE on the  side of the frame beneath the nipple area

There are a number of entries but the photo has been removed

This example offered in excellent condition is size 38R

with which Company F and a detachment of Company H were also serving at this time

and of the Flying Tigers) had a "Blood chit" sewn on the lining or outer back

Original European Continental Double Barrel Box Lock Percussion Pistol - Circa 1840 Technical Handbooks & Manuals The carbine is lightly stampedOriginal Item: Only one available. Produced mostly in Belgium this is a LIFE SAVER: a small Double Barrel percussion cap pocket pistol that could easily carried in a coat pocket. In the dank times of Dickensian London and Paris and New York for that matter CRIME was rife! Foot pads and thugs were everywhere. These small, then inexpensive pistols were the rage for self protection. Shipped over to the United States in great quantities who knows how many