Description
Sweet-Escott's term of office ended on 10 October 1918
Original Item: Acquired directly from a veterans family
On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot to form the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
leaving only a small portion still attached to the wooden stabilizer
and has degraded over the years
Original French Service Worn Mle 1822 Rifled Percussion Pistol made at Tulle Naval Arsenal Hotchkiss .303 Sweet-Escott's term of office endedOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a very nice "service worn" example of a French Modle 1822 Rifled Percussion pistol, which definitely looks to have seen sea service during its life. Despite this being the Model of 1822 and being marked very faintly with Mle 1822 on the barrel tang, this particular pistol was not produced as a flintlock and then converted. The French retained the same model number for the pistol even after they were