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LE POILU
LE POILU 1914 - 1918 inscribed brass knuckles with single shot device, serial # 358, caliber .22 short, additional stamped with MODELE and DEPOSE. The reverse side shows an American Eagle as appreciation for the support during the Great War. On bottom is the St. Etienne proof stamp. The brass apparently was covered with black paint which is partly peeled. It is in good working order and fine condition. This specimen arrived recently from France, and it si very rare $2,850.
sold, for information only
Le Poilu # 234, caliber .22 short / blank / shot, please
see description below. The little brass knuckle-duster is in working order with
a very strong spring, and it is in NRA fine condition. A very rare oddity. sold
LE POILU
1914 - 1918
Poilu, nickname given to the French soldiers during World War I, was born at this time because of their living conditions in the trenches.
As a weapon, the pistol does not have anything frightening, it is in fact
only one kind of "cyclist" to "one shot". 105 mm length for a 70 mm height, this
strange gun weighs approximately 150grams. The unrifled bore, drilled with the
caliber .22, measurement 68 mm length and can draw various types of ammunition,
with ball, shot or blank.
It is a simple tube, opened with the two ends, in which one with drilled on
the back of the "room".
The obstruction is more summary since only the head of the hammer blocks the
back of room at the beginning of the shot. The lock, of an extreme simplicity,
is placed under the plate of covering. It is made up that of four elements: The
hammer, which carries the trigger; the tail of trigger and the two springs which
ensure, in the same time, the armament of the hammer and the projection of the
tail of trigger in position of shooting. The gun functions in simple action and
the ejection of the case is tributary of an unspecified tool introduced into the
gun to push back the casing backwards.
sold
ready for loading, trigger cocked
"LE CENTENAIRE"
COUP DE POING PISTOLE Bte. SGDG.
FRANCE 1789 - 1889
AMERIQUE 1789 - 1889
DEPOT de PARIS 5 BD de Strasburg
marked knuckle duster with single shot pistol for cal. .22 short, 2⅝" round
barrel with no sights, nickel plated. The model is extremely rare, and
there are less than 100 made. Excellent condition.
With the pistol comes a French language copy of
ARMES & COLLECTIONS Magazine no. 17
were the models is described by Monsieur Jean-Pierre Bastiė,
and called Wahl's Patent.
Certainly one of the rarest and most desirable oddities
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