BELGIQUE - FRANCE, seconde moitié du XIXème siècle WARNANT system centerfire pistol. Smooth, bronzed, octagonal barrel, then banded, then round, then banded, then octagonal, then extractor breech housing with chamfered square section, signed MISTRAL. Numbered 3784 below the barrel. Cal. 8 mm. Selected walnut barrel, moiré, with squared stock and butt, forming a lattice of studded rhombuses. Cut-out iron fittings engraved with foliage, with finger rest trigger guard and oval pommel with turned knob. Liege proofhouse hallmark. Barrel length: 25.7 cm - Overall length: 40 cm. Some wear to the breech patina; some scratches. Grade D. MISTRAL, harquebusier in Marseille.