Original British Brass Double Barrel Flintlock Pistol by Parkes- Circa 1770 British Ordnance the MG 08/15 was lighter

the MG 08/15 was lighter and less cumbersome than the standard MG 08 since the MG 08/15 had been designed to provide increased mobility of infantry automatic fire

Standard ww2 hilt with shark skin panels below the binding

Before her death

The oldest Pattern was "Rose" top and the most recent the "Comb" top

and almost all its men either wounded

Original British Brass Double Barrel Flintlock Pistol by Parkes- Circa 1770 British Ordnance the MG 08/15 was lighterOriginal Item: Only One Available. John Parkes, a fine 18th century Gunmaker, worked from his Shop in London between 1760 and 1780. He was noted for his brass barreled pistols and most especially for his exceptional silverwork. This is perhaps the best condition example of his work to survive, not only being of an extremely rare form of pistol but displaying the fabulous talent of the silversmith's art on the masked buttcap and astounding silver wire