Original European Continental Flintlock Naval Pistol circa 1810 - 1820 Category_MG 34 Feed Assembly Canada and South Africa

Canada and South Africa

Essex struck Marcus and Wake Islands in May 1944 and finally deployed with Task Force 58 to support the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the occupation of the Mariana Islands in June 1944

This was our “mystery item” a couple of weeks ago and sure enough several collectors correctly identified it and the city of origin

According to the family he was used the nickname Bill until entering the service where he found that there were so many others named Bill that to differentiate him

Original European Continental Flintlock Naval Pistol circa 1810 - 1820 Category_MG 34 Feed Assembly Canada and South AfricaOriginal Item: Only One Available. This type of Pistol was manufactured in Belgium, which was under Napoleon Bonaparte's control until 1814. Production continued after the battle of Waterloo in 1815 and very possibly into the 1820's. Belgium was an Industrial powerhouse, with its great capacity coming from the City of Lige, where gun making was a key industry, and would end up supplying Military Weapons all over Europe after Belgian Independence in