Original European Continental "Versailles" Style Officer's Percussion Converted Pistol - Circa 1830 WWII and not octagonal

and not octagonal

and the other side is marked LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE

RAD Long Service Award (3rd class for 12 years of service)

There is a white stripe painted along the top

Original European Continental "Versailles" Style Officer's Percussion Converted Pistol - Circa 1830 WWII and not octagonalOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a lovely European Officer's Pistol, made very much in the high end French style of the day, known as the "Versailles" style. Designed by famed gunsmith Nicolas Nol Boutet, this pattern pistols were very popular and extensively made for French Officers. This example was almost certainly made in Lige, Belgium, a gunmaking center even today, which had been under French and then Dutch control until the early