Original U.S. Allen, Thurber & Co. 1845 Patent .31cal Percussion Pepperbox Revolver - Matching Serial 230 Manufacture Type_New Made Items the priority for the Allies

the priority for the Allies at Utah Beach was to link up with the main Allied landings further west

The stock has the correct bevel around the cocking handle

There also looks to be remnants of a long range sight behind the hammer

also known as the Boxer Uprising or Boxer Insurrection

37    03/04/1945    Schwabmunchen (#222)     Edward O

Original U.S. Allen, Thurber & Co. 1845 Patent .31cal Percussion Pepperbox Revolver - Matching Serial 230 Manufacture Type_New Made Items the priority for the AlliesOriginal Item: Only One Available. Pepperbox revolvers were so named because of the similarity of the front view of the weapon was so reminiscent of a Pepper Pot of the time being a circle of round holes. This example was made by Ethan Allen of Massachusetts (1808 1871). Allen developed his Gun business by taking his brother in law Charles Thurber as his partner, originally setting up shop in Norwich, CT, which as a major gun making center at the