Original U.S. Civil War Era Silver Mounted "Baby Deringer" Philadelphia Pocket Percussion Pistol circa 1860 Manufacture Type_Original Items Feed system: Single Shot

Feed system: Single Shot

This well-known company was located in the Solingen-Ohligs area

These were mostly produced in

three flat barrel bands held in place with springs

Original U.S. Civil War Era Silver Mounted "Baby Deringer" Philadelphia Pocket Percussion Pistol circa 1860 Manufacture Type_Original Items Feed system: Single ShotOriginal Items. Only One Available. 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