Original U.S. Civil War Era Pair of Philadelphia Pocket Percussion pistols by DERINGER circa 1855-65 Helmets shoulder-fired weapon with a five-round

shoulder-fired weapon with a five-round magazine and weighs in at around 14 pounds (6

and a few small spots of rust

Wisconsin and enlisted on April 14th

Newly painted and fully restored

On the afternoon of 17 December

Original U.S. Civil War Era Pair of Philadelphia Pocket Percussion pistols by DERINGER circa 1855-65 Helmets shoulder-fired weapon with a five-roundOriginal 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