Original Late 18th Century Spanish - Italian Brass Mounted Flintlock Pistol with Barrel by Bustindui of Eibar - Circa 1800 Martini-Henry Rifles Jimmy Doolittle who gained fame

Jimmy Doolittle who gained fame for leading his airmen in daring and successful missions along Asia’s Pacific Rim

There is just a bit of wear with light past oxidation and fouling

The entire Group had known for days that the long awaited V-E Day was not far off

which has a lovely color to it

suffering 221 casualties

Original Late 18th Century Spanish - Italian Brass Mounted Flintlock Pistol with Barrel by Bustindui of Eibar - Circa 1800 Martini-Henry Rifles Jimmy Doolittle who gained fameOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely little brass mounted flintlock pistol, which looks to have been made in Italy using a Spanish barrel, possibly from previously existing gun. Most Spanish pistols we have seen from the late 18th century used miquelet style locks, while this has an Italian flint lock, which even has a frizzen reinforcement bridle on the pan. The stock shows some lovely carving around the barrel tang, lock, and all of