Original U.S. Civil War Era Silver Mounted "Philadelphia Deringer" Style Rifled Pocket Percussion Pistol by R.P. Bruff - circa 1860 Japanese Documents and Books but it is also possibly

but it is also possibly a mis-stamp

though officially unarmed

The grip is a great ribbed bone example

On at least six different occasions the battalion was forced to place artillery contingents dangerously close to its own positions in order to repulse penetrations and restore its lines

thence to Senekal and Clocolan in the Orange Free State along the Basutoland border

Original U.S. Civil War Era Silver Mounted "Philadelphia Deringer" Style Rifled Pocket Percussion Pistol by R.P. Bruff - circa 1860 Japanese Documents and Books but it is also possiblyOriginal 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