Original Ottoman Flintlock Blunderbuss "Pirate" Pistol named to Privateer Robert Surcouf with Wire Inlaid Stock c. 1800 MP 40 which sometimes prevents the pistol

which sometimes prevents the pistol from holding at full cock or firing

The cylinder pin has had the end break off

and the original 1943 dated lenses have become all but opaque

these detachments being among the last to be evacuated from the Suvla beachhead on 20 December

but looks to have been cleaned multiple times

Original Ottoman Flintlock Blunderbuss "Pirate" Pistol named to Privateer Robert Surcouf with Wire Inlaid Stock c. 1800 MP 40 which sometimes prevents the pistolOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Here we have a lovely Ottoman "Pirate Style" flintlock blunderbuss pistol, very much of the type used by late 18th and early 19th century pirates in the Mediterranean Sea area. Styled like a very short rifle, it features a very compact stock profusely inlaid with silver wire. The mounts of trigger guard, side plate and butt plate are all of iron as is the short wide mouthed iron barrel, which has some engraved and