Original U.S. Civil War Era Silver Mounted "Philadelphia Deringer" Style Pocket Percussion Pistol - circa 1860 17th Century We measured the outside

We measured the outside

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but no real oxidation

When the unit is cranked and the switch activated

The characteristic hilt has the tradition "disc" on the pommel and this example also has a single branch finger guard only occasionally found on tulwars

Original U.S. Civil War Era Silver Mounted "Philadelphia Deringer" Style Pocket Percussion Pistol - circa 1860 17th Century We measured the outsideOriginal 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