Original U.S. Civil War Era Pair of Philadelphia Pocket Percussion pistols by DERINGER circa 1855-65 French Edged Weapons 1944 44-40208 L/C 391BS Nigg

1944 44-40208 L/C 391BS Nigg

• Correct wartime WAR CORRESPONDENT patches to left breast and left shoulder (shoulder patch may be a late ware replacement patch as it is white

or 1870) on the breech-block

even for experienced operators

Original U.S. Civil War Era Pair of Philadelphia Pocket Percussion pistols by DERINGER circa 1855-65 French Edged Weapons 1944 44-40208 L/C 391BS NiggOriginal Items. One Set Only. 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 that