Original French Gentleman's or Officer's Flintlock Pistol by Paul Montmain with Gold Inlaid Barrel - circa 1725 Vickers MMG Weighing some 7

Weighing some 7

Arsenal and Armory at Harpers Ferry

(National Air Ministry)

This is a very nice example of the Saber bayonet designed for the Austrian M-1873 Werndl-Holub Rifle

and by ten o'clock that evening the Regimental front line had been carried to a point nearly a kilometer beyond the Montfaucon-Septsarges Road

Original French Gentleman's or Officer's Flintlock Pistol by Paul Montmain with Gold Inlaid Barrel - circa 1725 Vickers MMG Weighing some 7Original Item: Only One Available. Here we have a very nice Upmarket French Flintlock pistol, intended for a gentleman or perhaps an officer. It is marked on the lock plate and top of the barrel by maker Paul Montmain, a French gunsmith based in the city of Saint tienne. He worked from 1710 to 1745, and was succeeded by his son Jean Baptiste Montmain, who worked until 1759. The pistol is definitely well decorated, with engraving on the lock plate,