Original Early 19th Century North African Snaphaunce Lock Jezail with Camel Bone Butt Stock Flags & Signs natural aluminum for the parade

natural aluminum for the parade and dress uniform and in a gilt finish for ranks of Oberlandesforstmeister and above

This was a French state-owned weapons manufacturer in the town of Châtellerault

In 65/66 they also began producing belts with the Trapezoid shaped "Davis buckle

and is faintly marked U

The card reads Marc A Mitscher with his information typed below it

Original Early 19th Century North African Snaphaunce Lock Jezail with Camel Bone Butt Stock Flags & Signs natural aluminum for the paradeOriginal Item: One of a Kind. The Jezail (sometimes Jezzail from the Arabic) is a simple, cost efficient and typically handmade muzzle loading long arm commonly used in the Middle East region in the past. These were all highly personalized, so no two were alike. They were often made with locally available locks, so it was common to see locks on these that were of varied origin. This example is all locally made, and probably originates from the North