Model 1817 flintlock reward rifle "Donné par le ROI au Sieur Pierre Legeai". Unmarked round barrel with thunderbolt. Lock signed "Manuf Royale de Versailles", hallmarked "G" under a star in a rectangle. Silver-plated brass fittings hallmarked "H". Front trigger guard and butt plate return cut with fleur-de-lys. Silver thumbpiece with the Great Arms of France marked "VIVE LE ROI". Walnut stock hallmarked "JD" with silver attribution plate engraved "Donné par le ROI au Sr Legeai Pierre". Iron ramrod. Bears a collector's label stamped "T28". Barrel length: 103 cm - Overall length: 143 cm A.B.E. (one counterplate screw changed, pitting on the lock). With a "D.L." stamped bayonet with median ferrule and blade. Length: 44.5 cm A.B.E. Bears a collector's label stamped "T28". Pierre Legeai, farmer in Larjeasse (Deux-Sèvres). 4th corps of the Army of the West, Captain in the Bressuire division. Provenance : Drouot sale, January 22, 1934, lot 128.