Original Prussian M1850 Percussion Cavalry Pistol by S & C of Suhl with Regimental Marking - dated 1851 German Afrikakorp the 88th entered a period

the 88th entered a period of defensive patrolling in the Mount Grande-Mount Cerrere sector and the Mount Fano area

It may have been shortened after that

This fine example was produced by Gustav Voss

The rank insignia on the front of the helmet looks like a Sergeant Chevron

the US made knives were entirely blackened

Original Prussian M1850 Percussion Cavalry Pistol by S & C of Suhl with Regimental Marking - dated 1851 German Afrikakorp the 88th entered a periodOriginal Item: Only one Available. The Prussian M1850 percussion pistol was in many ways an anomaly which, despite being obsolete when it was first introduced, was one of the longest serving military percussion pistols in Europe. Coming from the same nation that in 1836 had invented the revolutionary needle fire gun, the forerunner of all bolt action rifles, this pistol had many characteristics of obsolete flintlock pistols and appears to have used