Original British 16 Bore Percussion Half-Stock Single Barrel Sporting Gun by Richards - circa 1840 Japanese Flare Guns Many Fancy-Grade models featured engraving

Many Fancy-Grade models featured engraving which ranged from simple scrollwork to elaborate hunting or western scenes on their surfaces

The Battle of Leipzig offered to the mortar men of Company M a chance to engage the Kraut in hand-to-hand combat

This is a rare genuine Vietnam War Survival set issued to a known pilot that flew over 100 missions during his service in South East Asia

which was removed

The closing strap for the case has a halfway tear

Original British 16 Bore Percussion Half-Stock Single Barrel Sporting Gun by Richards - circa 1840 Japanese Flare Guns Many Fancy-Grade models featured engravingOriginal Item. Only One Available. Signed RICHARDS on the back action lock plate, this probably indicates William Richards of Birmingham England, who took out his patents for the percussion system in 1821. His full name was William Westley Richards, and he ran a BIRMINGHAM factory that became a national Institution before the end of the Victorian Era. Dating from about 1840 this fowling piece was very standard for the time and vast quantities of this