FIREARMS. Flintlock rifle model 1817 "de récompense", walnut frame silver plated brass fittings, round barrel with thundered sides dated 1817 and hallmarked "N" of the controller André NICAISE and "H" of the controller Jean-Baptiste HARDY, lock model AN IX of snap hook (L: 144 mm) engraved of the royal manufacture of Versailles, punch "G" under star of the reviser Augustin GERMAIN, silver plated thumb piece with the royal weapons with motto "Vive le Roi", shield of stick out of silver plated copper engraved "Donné par le Roi au Sr DUMONT (Michel)". L: 143 cm, barrel: 102.7 cm. BE Michel DUMONT, merchant from Talvande (Calvados), lieutenant in the Royal Army of the West (Lower Normandy), Saint-Jean-des-Bois division, received a reward rifle by the Royal Order of 31 May 1814.