1760 tower fintlock
I have a 1760 Tower flintlock pistol with the roman numeral 3 thenL.D.K.G.L OVER b.6 engraved on the butt plate.Can anyone translate?
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It's probably the 3rd Brigade, Light Dragoons of the King's German Legion.
The King's German Legion (KGL) was a British Army unit of mostly expatriate German personnel during the period 1803-16. The Legion achieved the distinction of being the only German force to fight without interruption against the French during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Legion was formed within months of the dissolution of the Electorate of Hanover in 1803, and constituted as a mixed corps by the end of 1803. Although The Legion never fought autonomously and remained a part of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars (1804-15), it played a vital role in several campaigns, most notably the Walcheren Campaign, the Peninsular War, and the Hundred Days (1815).
The Legion was disbanded in 1816. Several of the units were incorporated into the army of the Kingdom of Hanover, and became later a part of the Imperial German Army after unification in 1871.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_German_Legion
British cavalry brigades before the battle of Corunna in 1809
Cavalry Brigade: Stewart
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http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/British_cavalry.htm0
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