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A scarce Model 1849 German Federal Navy percussion pistol image 1
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Lot 4250ANTIQUE

A scarce Model 1849 German Federal Navy percussion pistol

18 November 2013, 10:00 PST
San Francisco

Sold for US$1,404 inc. premium

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A scarce Model 1849 German Federal Navy percussion pistol

The 9 1/4 inch .62 caliber barrel with swivel ramrod, brass fore-sight and marked at the breech with the German Federal double-headed eagle and an anchor; side flat with indistinct crowned mark. Lockplate marked with eagle over Suhl/S&C and an anchor. Brass furniture. Iron belthook mount, the belthook missing. Walnut stock.
Condition: Very good. Barrel and lock with brown patina showing some light spotting. Sound wood with scatttered light marks and minor chipping around pins.
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Footnotes

Note: A total of 1,000 of these pistols were ordered for the Bundesmarine on 19 May 1849 from a Suhl consortium consisting of: Spangenberg & Co., Valentin Christian Schilling and Gottlieb Haenel. In 1852/53 the Bundesmarine was dissolved and two ships were transferred to the Royal Prussian Navy, presumably with their complement of pistols. The remaining ships, less their armament, were sold commercially. The pistols for the sold ships were stored at the fortress in Mainz. On 2 January 1861, 811 pistols in the fortress at Mainz were sold commercially.

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