Original 19th Century U.S. "Man Stopper" Pocket Percussion Pistol with .70" Bore Octagonal Barrel - Circa 1850 Stocks consisting of counter-battery fires on

consisting of counter-battery fires on 16 German batteries and other positions

This is a piston from an engine on the B-17 Flying Fortress Serial Number 44-6464 called Prop Wash (AKA Hare's Breath) which was assigned to the 612th Bomb Squadron

bugles have always been specified correctly by the armed services and the suppliers and manufacturers of these instruments as either bugles (a conical bore natural horn) or as a field trumpet (a cylindrical bore natural horn over 2/3rds of its length)

indicating it was issued for a combatant

5 cm diameter pig iron hollow sphere

Original 19th Century U.S. "Man Stopper" Pocket Percussion Pistol with .70" Bore Octagonal Barrel - Circa 1850 Stocks consisting of counter-battery fires onOriginal Item: Only One Available. This lovely continental style percussion pistol is made very much in the Belgian French style, but it is completely unmarked, so we believe it was made in the mid 19th Century in the United States. At the time many similar pistols were being sold to countries all over the world, most originating in Belgium. These were quite popular for self protection, and were equally at home on dark Streets of New York or of London