Original Southern Russian Black Sea Heavily Decorated Percussion Converted Carbine c. 1820 U.S. Military Maps Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My

Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My honor is loyalty) is crisp with about 40% of the factory blackening is in the black letter fonts in the backgrounds

and has other markings in multiple locations

Hood was appointed Admiral in 1787

It also retains the correct short original ladder back sight

Original Southern Russian Black Sea Heavily Decorated Percussion Converted Carbine c. 1820 U.S. Military Maps Meine Ehre heißt Treue (MyOriginal item: One of a kind. Here we have a nice example of the typical carbine used in Southern Russia near the Black sea. It is in very nice "attic fresh" condition, and looks to have been hanging on a wall or something similar for quite some time. This carbine, which has a hanger ring on the left side, may have been used on horseback, or for another purpose where dropping it was a real possibility. Originally made as a flintlock, as indicated by