Original Belgian Flintlock Dragoon Pistol Circa 1815-1835 British Field Gear Benet-Mercie and the Lewis gun

Benet-Mercie and the Lewis gun

and sent into reserve in France

hand peened rivets for fastening a carrying strap

the division was ordered north of Metz to take part in the Battle of the Bulge

000 of the colony's slaves

Original Belgian Flintlock Dragoon Pistol Circa 1815-1835 British Field Gear Benet-Mercie and the Lewis gunOriginal Item: Only One Available. Belgium as we know it today was only established in 1830, when the population rebelled against Dutch rule. Prior to that, most of the country had been known as Flanders and other local areas, which were possessions of Spain, France and Holland over the prior several hundreds of years. After the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte the territory was considered to be part of Holland, or the Netherlands as we call it