This pistol is one of just 606 Model 1811 Army Contract flintlock pistol with early pin-fastened barrels, manufactured by Simeon North in Berlin, Connecticut, between 1811 and 1812. The back strap is iron. The lock plate has beveled edges and is fitted with a reinforced hammer and detachable brass pan with high fence. The distinctive umbrella-shaped buttcap, trigger guard, side plate and single ramrod pipe are brass. The hickory ramrod has an iron worm. The lock plate is marked: "S. NORTH/BERLIN/CON." in three lines behind the cock and is stamped with an eagle over "U. STATES" between the cock and the frizzen spring. The left side of the barrel is stamped with an indented oval "eagle-head/CT" stamp between "US" and "V" inspection marks. There is an illegible inspection mark on the left stock flat.