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A CASED GERMAN PERCUSSION PISTOL KNIFE BY TRESCH A' MUNCHEN, CIRCA 1870
The part octagonal, part round barrel of .30 calibre, German-silver fore-sight, mother-of-pearl and German-silver body, folding blade released by the trigger which also acts as a nipple wrench, concealed ram rod, within a red morrocan leather bound contour "pipe-stem" style case lined in red felt and silk
5½ inch (14 cm.) blade, 12 inches (30.5 cms.) with blade extended
Hammer spring faulty, one mother-of-pearl panel cracked twice
The part octagonal, part round barrel of .30 calibre, German-silver fore-sight, mother-of-pearl and German-silver body, folding blade released by the trigger which also acts as a nipple wrench, concealed ram rod, within a red morrocan leather bound contour "pipe-stem" style case lined in red felt and silk
5½ inch (14 cm.) blade, 12 inches (30.5 cms.) with blade extended
Hammer spring faulty, one mother-of-pearl panel cracked twice
Provenance
Herbert Ratner Jr. Collection
Literature
Frost, H. Gordon, Blades and Barrels: Six Centuries of Combination Weapons, Walloon Press, El Paso, 1972. Pages 57 and 60.