Original U.S. Civil War Era Silver Mounted "Baby Deringer" Philadelphia Pocket Percussion Pistol circa 1860 British Helmets and have been cleaned repeatedly

and have been cleaned repeatedly

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it measures 50cm x 85cm

The metal has a lovely pewter patina to it and is mostly smooth with some light scattered patches of peppering and minor pinpricking

Original U.S. Civil War Era Silver Mounted "Baby Deringer" Philadelphia Pocket Percussion Pistol circa 1860 British Helmets and have been cleaned repeatedlyOriginal 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