FRANCE, époque Premier Empire - Restauration, modifié postérieurement Officer's pistol. Flintlock lock, modified with percussion on capsule in England, by NOCK. Octagonal barrel, slightly flared towards the muzzle, with hair rifling, ribbon engraved with gold letters "Supplied by Le PAGE, in Paris" and thunderbolt engraved "Samuel NOCK, 43 Regent Street, London". Cal. 17 mm. Under the barrel, remnant of the name (of the gunner?) "...CTE" cut off when the barrel was modified. Walnut shaft with checkered stock, polygonal pommel with molded steel plate. Marked "611c" at the top of the stock, on the left, near the trigger guard. Cut-out iron trim, formerly blackened. Iron ramrod. Barrel length: 20.2 cm - Overall length: 35.5 cm. Wear to the gold fillet on the muzzle, to the letters on the barrel and to the bronzing, particularly on the barrel; old corrosion spots on some of the metal parts; break at the base of the hammer crest; some dents and small chips to the wood, small hole in the checkering of the stock. Could it have been taken in the war during the defeat at Waterloo, and subsequently modified? Samuel NOCK, Her Majesty's harquebusier (nephew of the famous Henry NOCK), active between 1823 and 1852, at 43 Regent Street, London.