Turkish Blunderbuss/Translation Needed

[Dom]

Originally Posted by Dom

Hi Rick
my comments will be for the translations only
that Blunderbuss pistol, may confuse me about his originality as a weapon
might be a "navy gun"?, or more prosaically, a weapon of decor, I dunno

Hi Rick
GOOD NEWS ... it's NOT a "weapon of decor", it's a real

origine should be from Balkans, decorated in Ottoman style, it's a;
- "KNEE" pistols
- dated 1st quarter of 19th century

here attached a pic, the pistol it's not mine, otherwise,
I would given you the correct information directly
but with help of Google for instance, you'll find
sorry to have put you in a cold sweat
all the best

à +

Dom