DATED 1588
Details
A 16-Bore Saxon Wheel-Lock Holster Pistol
Dated 1588
With swamped two-stage barrel dated on the top of the octagonal breech and with incised decoration and the initials 'NFH', flat lock struck with a mark, a hammer (similar to Neue Stckel 5033), flat wheel-cover, safety-catch, and sliding pan-cover with slotted release button, blackened full stock stamped in imitation of rough staghorn and sparsely inlaid with engraved white staghorn panels, the spherical pommel with staghorn circular medallion engraved with a profile warrior's head, iron trigger-guard, and original ramrod
21in. (54cm.)
Dated 1588
With swamped two-stage barrel dated on the top of the octagonal breech and with incised decoration and the initials 'NFH', flat lock struck with a mark, a hammer (similar to Neue Stckel 5033), flat wheel-cover, safety-catch, and sliding pan-cover with slotted release button, blackened full stock stamped in imitation of rough staghorn and sparsely inlaid with engraved white staghorn panels, the spherical pommel with staghorn circular medallion engraved with a profile warrior's head, iron trigger-guard, and original ramrod
21in. (54cm.)
Provenance
The Saxon Royal Armouries, Dresden