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Delhaxhe ‘Apache’ pin-blade pocket revolver, six-shot, 7 mm …
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Delhaxhe ‘Apache’ pin-blade pocket revolver, six-shot, 7 mm …
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
Delhaxhe ‘Apache’ pin-blade pocket revolver, six-shot, 7 mm calibre, double-action.
Hollowed-out cylinder, with traces of gilding. Frame and grip in brass, chiselled with foliage scrollwork, with traces of silver plating. Dagger blade with a central ridge and a locking notch, folding along the frame.
Frame stamped ‘J.DELHAXHE BREVETE’, ‘55’ and ‘AP’.
The trunnion is missing.
Length when closed: 12 cm - Length with blade: 18.5 cm A.B.E. Circa 1870–1880.
Joseph Deleaxhe or Delhaxe, gunsmith and inventor in Liège and Paris in 1870. Belgian patent for a ‘ballroom’ revolver pistol; the same French patent is entitled ‘stunning dagger revolver’.
- Expert: Arnaud de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
See original version (French)
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