Original 19th Century Balkan Embossed Brass Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail "Pirate" Pistol - circa 1800 - 1820 Category_Brunswick Guns requesting grenades fitted with a

requesting grenades fitted with a delay (time) fuze that would not detonate when accidently thrown against branches in heavily wooded areas

following the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

but it was only used on their training grenades in 1940

more than we usually see

The photos feature everything from the officer in uniform with his dress dagger

Original 19th Century Balkan Embossed Brass Clad Miquelet Lock Rat Tail "Pirate" Pistol - circa 1800 - 1820 Category_Brunswick Guns requesting grenades fitted with aOriginal Item: Only One Available. These were often referred to as Miquelet "Rat Tail" Pistols because of the shape of the stock. These were the traditional muzzle loading pistol of the Balkans and Greece in the early to mid 1800s. Designed to be worn in a sash around one's waist, the weapon is very streamlined in appearance. The stock on this example is almost entirely clad in lovely embossed and engraved sheet brass. The Miquelet ignition system is