Original Civil War Era Engraved French M1854 Lefaucheux Cavalry Model 12mm Pinfire Revolver - Serial 23447 Category_Flintlock Pistols they definitely are twist steel

they definitely are twist steel

Colonel Walter D

There are the initials T M D in script under a crown

who retired from the Army in the 1890s as a Major and died in 1934

barely machined pommel

Original Civil War Era Engraved French M1854 Lefaucheux Cavalry Model 12mm Pinfire Revolver - Serial 23447 Category_Flintlock Pistols they definitely are twist steelOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Model 1854 Lefaucheux pinfire revolver was a large frame single action variant of this popular French pinfire system. The serial number 22873 is just outside the range of numbers of the revolvers officially imported to the USA during the Civil War (25,000 37,000) under contract. However, it is very possible that it was a private purchase made early in the war. The 1854 model was the first metallic cartridge