Original Victorian Era Belgian "PHILADA" Marked Side Hammer Percussion Vest Pistol with Bag Grip & Liège Proof - Circa 1850 Flintlock Pistols The Ordnance ML 3-inch mortar

The Ordnance ML 3-inch mortar was the United Kingdom's standard mortar used by the British Army from the early 1930s to the late 1960s

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Original Victorian Era Belgian "PHILADA" Marked Side Hammer Percussion Vest Pistol with Bag Grip & Liège Proof - Circa 1850 Flintlock Pistols The Ordnance ML 3-inch mortarOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely percussion vest pistol, featuring an octagonal rifled "turn off" barrel and a lovely "bag" shaped checkered wooden grip. The pistol was made in Lige, Belgium, almost certainly for the European and American export markets. In this case it has had a somewhat crude PHILAD. A marked on two of the barrel facets, so we assume it was sold by a retailer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These were quite popular