Original U.S. Civil War Era Silver Mounted "Philadelphia Deringer" Style Rifled Pocket Percussion Pistol by R.P. Bruff - circa 1860 m it was used as a

it was used as a camera plane in support of the bomb-carrying B-29 Bockscar to photograph the explosion and effects of the bomb

Fully Silver mounted with heavy decorated eared butt cap

All three pouches are marked RIA and dated 1915 with inspector marks

The plane crashed landed on Februsary 19th

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Original U.S. Civil War Era Silver Mounted "Philadelphia Deringer" Style Rifled Pocket Percussion Pistol by R.P. Bruff - circa 1860 m it was used as aOriginal Items. Only One Available. It was a small percussion concealable pistol made by "DERINGER" that John Wilkes Boothe used to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in 1865. By this action alone the name Deringer entered national mind and language of the United States being linked to "an Assassin's weapon". Now spelled with two consecutive "R"s, the term DERRINGER is part of everyday life. So famous did Henry Deringer become