Original U.S. Model 1836 Flintlock Cavalry Pistol by Asa Waters Converted to Percussion with Cartouches - dated 1839 Helmets - Emergency parachute ration

- Emergency parachute ration

giving the scabbard an overall service worn look that is impossible to duplicate

was a dinner guest at a bon voyage dinner party given for her father

so they had to be removed by hand

Original U.S. Model 1836 Flintlock Cavalry Pistol by Asa Waters Converted to Percussion with Cartouches - dated 1839 Helmets - Emergency parachute rationOriginal Item: Only One Available. Adopted in 1836, the production of this model continued until 1844, and this flintlock pistol intended for Cavalry was widely used in the Mexican American War. A total of almost 41,000 units were produced before being replaced by the M 1842 Percussion pistol. Many flintlock pistols were later converted to percussion, such as this example. This example was made by Asa H. Waters of Milbury, Massachusetts, and is still