While researching one of my ancestors I stumbled upon his pistol for sale online and bought it. It’s a 12mm, M1854 Cavalry model, formerly belonging to Colonel Gustave A Breaux of the 30th Louisiana Infantry Regiment, CSA. I am attempting to post some videos of the pistol here.
Instead of 2 videos I prefere to see good pictures that I can look at, with a moving image its very difficult to see the details that I want to see.
Something like this …
The LF 2923 has been made in Paris at 9 and 9 bis Rue Lafayette by Eugène Lefaucheux around the beginning of October 1857.
The LF 3027 was accepted by the French Navy on 27th of October.
I figured it was not a military contract pistol. I guess what I’m asking is did they make these ornate pistol for specific orders, or did they make these in lots to be sold without knowing ahead of time who would purchase it, like a product they would list in a catalog?
Would this example be considered a “Luxury Model”?
Question: Is there information available on known importers of Lefaucheux products into the US? Could someone in the US just order from a catalog and have it send to them directly from overseas, or would they have to go through an importer? I found my ancestor’s father-in-law was Samuel Locke who is shown in this image as an “importer”.
Gus had a law firm for 40 years in New Orleans, “Breaux & Fenner”. His partner was Judge Charles E Fenner. Jefferson Davis died in the Fenner home. Gus had a hand in the original interment of Jeff Davis at Metairie Cemetery, being active in that piece of land even when it was a horse-track before the war. Later in life he helped in the diversification of Louisiana agriculture since cotton was flat. He put up the first steam powered sugar cane mill in Lafayette, LA.
Thanks for this website, and the opportunity to learn and share!
