Original U.S. Allen & Thurber of Worcester 1837 Patent .31cal Percussion Pepperbox Revolver - Matching Serial 83 Flintlock Pistols for the 76th (2nd Hanseatic)(Hamburg)

for the 76th (2nd Hanseatic)(Hamburg) Infantry Regiment

The 680th GFAB was immediately assigned to the 17th Airborne Division

6 in) in diameter - approximately the size of a golf-ball

leaving on 29 and 30 June 1945

The shape of the helmet is well retained

Original U.S. Allen & Thurber of Worcester 1837 Patent .31cal Percussion Pepperbox Revolver - Matching Serial 83 Flintlock Pistols for the 76th (2nd Hanseatic)(Hamburg)Original Item: Only One Available. Pepperbox revolvers were so named because of the similarity of the front view of the weapon was so reminiscent of a Pepper Pot of the time being a circle of round holes. This example was made by Ethan Allen of Massachusetts (1808 1871). Allen developed his Gun business by taking his brother in law Charles Thurber as his partner, originally setting up shop in Norwich, CT, which as a major gun making center at the