Original 19th Century Greek or Balkan Ornate Silver Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail Pistol with Markings - c.1805 Antique Wheellock Firearms This jacket is in good

This jacket is in good condition

By 1810 James Haslett had taken over the contract with the State of Virginia

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

-  A pair of full dress shoulder boards

Original 19th Century Greek or Balkan Ornate Silver Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail Pistol with Markings - c.1805 Antique Wheellock Firearms This jacket is in goodOriginal 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