They managed the air raid sirens and ensured people were directed to shelters
London" according to David Harding in his wonderful "Small arms of the East India Company 1600-1856" Volume 2 pages 520/521
A rare item and wonderful DIY project
some of these trial samples were used in combat by airborne troops at Arnhem and elsewhere
The brass box lock is marked DAWES on the left side plate and LONDON on the right with British proofs on the underside of the barrel
Original French Relic Flintlock Pistol Marked Hougoumont in Frame- Circa 1750 U.S. Militaria They managed the air raidOriginal Item: Only One Available. Well these things just never happen! Imagine an English country house auction sale where everything is "on the block"; massive oak furniture, old leather chairs, velvet curtains, even wheel barrows and then we get to the bric a brac, billiard cues, shooting sticks, stuffed animal heads and a neatly framed flintlock pistol in absolutely relic condition. Written up as a "French Flintlock Pistol Circa 1750, owned by a