Original U.S. Model 1819 Percussion Converted Flintlock Pistol by Simeon North - dated 1821 German Decals - 3rd Telegraph Engineer Regiment

- 3rd Telegraph Engineer Regiment in Florence

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shortly after Dunkirk

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Original U.S. Model 1819 Percussion Converted Flintlock Pistol by Simeon North - dated 1821 German Decals - 3rd Telegraph Engineer RegimentOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice U. S. M 1819 Flintlock pistol made by Simeon North in Middletown, Connecticut, which was later converted to percussion, as many were. North had a 53 year relationship with the U. S. War Department, and the contract for the Model 1819 pistols was one of the last contracts North had for martial pistols from the U. S. Government. The model 1819 has a longer barrel than the previous model 1816, and