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Flint belt pistol
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Flint belt pistol

Koninklijke Geweerfabriek Culemborg · c. 1780 · blocked; cutting; blauwen; iron (metal); wood (plant material); brass (alloy)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Belt pistol for the States Army or the States Navy, made by the National Gun Factory in Culemborg; the pistol comes from the same series as NG-2002-23-72. The lock is blued; the lockplate is marked with a crowned shield with the name KULENBURG, and stamped on the inside with an X and NE. The barrel is blued and fitted with a wide band with rings at the rear; stamped at the rear with MD, LD, CK.. and CN4; the front sight is brass. The stock is simply carved with, among other things, radial lines. Apart from an iron belt hook, the furniture is brass and consists of a band, a ramrod tube, an unadorned oval thumbplate and the trigger guard; the wooden ramrod is fitted with an iron cap.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVuursteen gordelpistool. c. 1780. Koninklijke Geweerfabriek Culemborg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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