Original British Napoleonic Private Purchase P-1796 Light Dragoon Flintlock Belt Pistol Marked to the 12th Light Dragoons - Waterloo Participant

Original Item: Only One Available. Here we have a lovely Privately Purchased P-1796 Light Dragoon pistol, the standard pistol in use during most of the Napoleonic wars. This pistol dates to prior the Battle of Waterloo, and is marked to the 12th Light Dragoons, later known as the 12th Royal Lancers. This Regiment of Light Dragoons/Lancers were raised in 1715 by Brigadier General PHINEAS BOWLES and became the 12th Regiment of Dragoons in 1751. In 1768, King George III bestowed the badge of the three ostrich feathers and the motto "Ich Dien" on the regiment and re-titled it as the 12th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons. Under this name it took part in the French Revolutionary War in 1794 followed by the Egyptian Campaign of 1801 and joined Wellington in in 1811 in the Peninsular Campaign under the Command of Colonel FREDERICK PONSONBY. It took part in the Battle of Waterloo and joined SIR JOHN VANDERLEUR's Brigade, which charged with the UNION Brigade, commanded by the Col