Original Danish Model 1772 Flintlock Dragoon and Naval Pistol U.S. Helmets/Hats Note: Markings Vary

Note: Markings Vary

A very similar Spontoon with the same crowned leaping horse engraving is illustrated in SWORDS AND BLADES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by George C

It was occupied by US Marines in late Sep 1945

Shaft length: approx

adapted for different magazine

Original Danish Model 1772 Flintlock Dragoon and Naval Pistol U.S. Helmets/Hats Note: Markings VaryOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is the classic large Flintlock pistol which served both with the Army's Dragoons and the Danish Navy from it's adoption in 1772 and throughout the Napoleonic Wars when Denmark took the side of the French. Denmark was effectively eliminated as a fighting force with the Naval Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. This was the Battle when then Vice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson ignored the order "to withdraw from his