Original Victorian Era Belgian Double Barreled Pocket Percussion Pistol with Liège Proofs - Circa 1840 Featured Item [18] Bey led Hans Lody

[18] Bey led Hans Lody and four other destroyers during a sortie for the Southwest Approaches on 17 October and were intercepted by a British force of two light cruisers and five destroyers

which transferred the hydrographic functions of the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography (1842–1862) to the newly established Bureau of Navigation

which has the name Martin Grant written faintly

the buttons for the front pockets are still present

Original Victorian Era Belgian Double Barreled Pocket Percussion Pistol with Liège Proofs - Circa 1840 Featured Item [18] Bey led Hans LodyOriginal Item: Only One Available. This lovely double barreled pocket percussion pistol was almost certainly made in Lige, Belgium for the European and American export markets. These were quite popular for self protection, and having two barrels definitely would give the owner increased protection. Pistols like this were equally at home on dark Streets of New York or of London in Victorian England. It features some lovely simple engraving on the sides