A 38-BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL

AUGSBURG, LATE 16TH CENTURY

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A 38-BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL
AUGSBURG, LATE 16TH CENTURY
WITH SWAMPED TWO-STAGE BARREL RETAINING SOME ORIGINAL BLUED FINISH AND STRUCK ON THE OCTAGONAL BREECH WITH AUGSBURG MARK AND AN INDISTINCT MAKER'S MARK, LARGE BRIGHT LOCK WITH SAFETY-CATCH, AND ENGRAVED COCK AND PAN-COVER, BLACKENED FULL STOCK INLAID WITH ENGRAVED STAGHORN PANELS BETWEEN HORN LINES WITHIN BORDERS ENGRAVED MAINLY WITH OVERLAPPING FOLIAGE, AND OPPOSITE THE LOCK WITH TWO MARINE MONSTERS AND A DOG IN A LANDSCAPE, COMPRESSED POMMEL, AND LATER HORN-TIPPED RAMROD
19IN. (48.2CM.)

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