Original U.S. Civil War Era Philadelphia Pocket Percussion "Baby Deringer" Pistol named to Hutchings c. 1860 Spanish American War naval services

naval services

War Photography in the 20th Century:

the legendary “Sun King

and because gunnery trainees were in position and ready

The chinstrap is fully intact

Original U.S. Civil War Era Philadelphia Pocket Percussion "Baby Deringer" Pistol named to Hutchings c. 1860 Spanish American War naval servicesOriginal 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