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PROBABLY GERMAN, MID-LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A SPORTING CROSSBOW
PROBABLY GERMAN, MID-LATE 18TH CENTURY
With 19 ¾ in. (50 cm.) steel bow struck with a maker's mark, original twisted cord string, iron-mounted stock with white staghorn bolt-channel, heart-shaped escutcheon and butt-plate, sprung folding front sight of notched arms, folding rear-sight, and lever-trigger
PROBABLY GERMAN, MID-LATE 18TH CENTURY
With 19 ¾ in. (50 cm.) steel bow struck with a maker's mark, original twisted cord string, iron-mounted stock with white staghorn bolt-channel, heart-shaped escutcheon and butt-plate, sprung folding front sight of notched arms, folding rear-sight, and lever-trigger
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