Date:1822
Description:This was originally a model 1822 flintlock which was converted to percussion c.1842.
The lock is marked 'Manfre (manufactured) Imp. (Imperiale) de Tulle'. Tulle was one of several French government arms manufacturies.
The rifled barrel or breach plug tang is marked 'Mle 1822', denoting the model of the pistol. The number 1249 is stamped into the stock on the left side behind the sideplate and an indistinct, circular, storekeeper's or arsenal mark, together with 'CHATEL' and '49'. The latter may be the date of conversion or possibly the place and date when the pistol was taken into store. The right side of the barrel flat beneath the lock bears the proof mark 'E' with a star superimposed. This is the mark of the Mutzig factory, not Tulle which has a crown superimposed over an 'E' as it's proof mark. It would seem that the barrel was made and proved at Mutzig and transported to Tulle for final assembly, or more probably, when the arms were converted to percussion, locks, stocks.
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Donor ref: LEAMG : M4014.1993 (71/21790)
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