Original Spanish Double Action 11mm Pinfire Revolver by Antonio Lisundia of Eibar with Folding Trigger - c. 1855 Category_MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly Paul J Rutila army serial

Paul J Rutila army serial number 36952813 spent over a year in combat first as a member of the 82nd Airborne

The most interesting feature is an engraved silver plaque attached to the wood casing that reads:

so this type of caricature was commonplace

000 gas masks of all types produced by the U

Gold Lacemen and Embroiderers

Original Spanish Double Action 11mm Pinfire Revolver by Antonio Lisundia of Eibar with Folding Trigger - c. 1855 Category_MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly Paul J Rutila army serialOriginal item. Only One Available. The Pinfire system was the earliest form of "Cartridge" developed with a pin projecting out at 90 degrees to the cartridge case. When depressed by the falling hammer the cartridge discharged. At the time up against muzzle loading Revolvers these were revolutionary. Like most things by the end of the Civil War technology had moved on and in the late 1860's regular type cartridges as we know them today had been