.72 caliber. 9.5" pinned octagon to round barrel with canon muzzle. SN: NSN. Heavily oxidized brown patina, brass mountings, walnut stock. Reconverted flint lock with partially legible two line marking that appears to read "COME" at the end of the second line, likely a maker's name and location. Pistol with flat brass side plate, decorated cast brass butt cap with grotesque mask motif, single brass ramrod thimble and a brass triggerguard with the bow broken and missing. Pistol apparently broken at the wrist with a very old leather wrap repair that Mr. Ness' notes identify as buffalo hide. The style of the pistol is continental, possibly French, with the appearance of having been made for the export market, possibly in the Middle East. An attractive relic pistol with a nice old rawhide repair.