MINIATURE**EXPERTLY CRAFTED**German / Austrian Late 19th Century Break Action Pin Fire Metal Pistol With German Silver Grips & Period Ammunition Box Containing A Small Quantity Of 1mm Pin Fire Blank Cartridges. Sn 23708:2 miniature pin fire pistol Obsolete Single Shot

**MINIATURE**EXPERTLY CRAFTED**German / Austrian Late 19th Century Break Action Pin Fire Metal Pistol With German Silver Grips & Period Ammunition Box Containing A Small Quantity Of 1mm Pin Fire Blank Cartridges. Sn 23708:2 - 23708:2

An unusual expertly made late 19th century German or Austrian metal in the white and German Silver pin fire pistol. The pistol is a diminutive 4 cms overall length and is fitted with tiny lanyard ring. The pistol breaks open for loading by depression of a metal button on the frame and the cocking and firing actions work. The barrel’s bore is open. The grips are German Silver have foliate decoration. The metal work in the white is undamaged with just staining to be expected with age. The pistol cocks and fires as it should. The pistol comes with a small period wood ammunition box labelled ’20 Berloques Patronen’ which contains a small quantity of period 1mm blank cartridges (the rounds chamber in the barrel correctly but we cannot guarantee if any of the rounds will fire). The price includes UK delivery. No licence is required to own this antique, obsolete calibre miniature pistol in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23708:2 (in misc drawer office)

£225.00