Original Irish Percussion Walking Pistol by Rigby of Dublin with "Man-Stopping" .78" Barrel & Captured Ramrod - Circa 1840 Category_Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts It received deployment orders for

It received deployment orders for the European Theater of Operations (ETO) in May 1943

It does not look to have been reconditioned in the past

This is a very NICE "ALL MATCHING" example

William Westmoreland

Although General Howard had been warned of Confederate movement across his front

Original Irish Percussion Walking Pistol by Rigby of Dublin with "Man-Stopping" .78" Barrel & Captured Ramrod - Circa 1840 Category_Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts It received deployment orders forOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely Irish Percussion "Walking" Pistol, made by the well known Rigby of Dublin. This firm was known under several names over the years, lasting from 1775 all the way to 1892 with various generations of William and John Rigby's family working with the firm. It was John Rigby III who really led to the firm becoming name known worldwide, and this example comes from a decade or so before he established the