Original Southern Russian Black Sea Heavily Decorated Percussion Converted Carbine c. 1820 U.S. Military Maps It also retains the correct

It also retains the correct short original ladder back sight

The area around the cap lock nipple has a lot of powder burn

and has other markings in multiple locations

Hood was appointed Admiral in 1787

a nonpolitical social welfare organization headed by Volodymyr Kubiyovych which supported the idea of the formation of the division

Original Southern Russian Black Sea Heavily Decorated Percussion Converted Carbine c. 1820 U.S. Military Maps It also retains the correctOriginal item: One of a kind. Here we have a nice example of the typical carbine used in Southern Russia near the Black sea. It is in very nice "attic fresh" condition, and looks to have been hanging on a wall or something similar for quite some time. This carbine, which has a hanger ring on the left side, may have been used on horseback, or for another purpose where dropping it was a real possibility. Originally made as a flintlock, as indicated by