"German Military Wheel Pistol In The Coat Of Arms Of A Grand Master Of Saint-jean Of Jerusalem"
Large pistol (55 cm) with blackened fruit wood stock (pear tree), wheel plate marked S for Suhl, German city ancestrally known for its iron mines, round barrel punched S for Suhl below, three counterplate screws (lace collar washer), silver knob with the weapons of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, very good condition, no wood enture, good functioning, Louis XIII era, around 1630.The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, hospital and military from the time of the Crusades until the beginning of the 19th century, was known as early as the 12th century, as Ordo Hospitalis Sancti Johannis Hierosolymitani.
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