Original U.S. Civil War Era Philadelphia Pocket Percussion Pistol by DERINGER circa 1855-65 Lewis Gun Star Shell

Star Shell

Sergeant Cardenas (ph) and the lieutenant

this is the very rare FIRST MODEL long bladed bayonet

The right receiver wall is bare and the upper tang is marked KJOBENHAVNS TOIHUUS 1881 (Copenhagen Arsenal) with serial number 60135 on the barrel

original leather shoulder straps

Original U.S. Civil War Era Philadelphia Pocket Percussion Pistol by DERINGER circa 1855-65 Lewis Gun Star ShellOriginal 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