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Thursday 30 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A double-barreled percussion pistol for the Grand Duchy gendarmerie, 1840-60

Estimate

€ 100 - 200

Sold

€ 625

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Granducato di Toscana
length 26 cm
Smoothbore, round, juxtaposed, damask barrels, 15.5 mm cal. at the nozzle. Tang with long back, engraved with racemes. Backward spring locks engraved with racemes. Wooden half stock with grip bearing remains of checkering and butt-plate with carved leaves. The base of the back engraved with the crowned monogram "LII" (Leopold II). Iron mounts. Working mechanism. Brass-tipped wooden ramrod (slightly short) and iron cartridge extractor. Probably a civilian pistol of French manufacture used by the gendarmerie.