Pistol?

PlzBSeated · Feb 16, 2020

Been awhile. Hope to get out more this year.

Today's finds...

2 Wheat Pennies
What appears to be the barrel from a single shot boot or pocket pistol.

Insignia on the side (crown) leads me to believe it is English. It is small but heavy, made of brass.

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Digger RJ · Feb 16, 2020

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

NOLA_Ken · Feb 16, 2020

It's Belgian made, nice little pocket pistol, Civil War era or thereabouts. It's upside down in the pic by the way

Georgivs · Feb 17, 2020

WOW so cool

xcopperstax · Feb 17, 2020

very cool piece for a display cabinet! Thanks for sharing!

A2coins · Feb 17, 2020

Thats freakin cool try to find the rest of it

Rookster · Feb 17, 2020

Nice find. Congratulations.

Professor of Engineering · Feb 17, 2020

Awesome relic recovery! :occasion14:

PlzBSeated · Feb 17, 2020

I did wonder about the Belgian origin as I was able to find similar models on the internet "from Belgium" but not exact duplicates.

And thanks for correcting the orientation. I see it now that you mention it.

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NOLA_Ken · Feb 17, 2020

PlzBSeated said:
I did wonder about the Belgian origin as I was able to find similar models on the internet "from Belgium" but not exact duplicates.

And thanks for correcting the orientation. I see it now that you mention it.

PlzBSeated

Liege Belgium had a lot of gun makers, and they exported countless guns to the US. They will pretty much all have the ELG and star in an oval if they are black powder guns