"Rifle Of The King's Bodyguard"
King's bodyguard rifle, round barrel with thunder sides, hallmarked "N" and "H" under star and engraved 1817. Lock engraved "Manufacture Royale de Versailles". Walnut stock with oval thumb piece around the edge "Long live the King" and second piece engraved "Given by the King to the Honored H. (Joseph). All brass fittings. TBE