Shotgun system Dreyse, central percussion by needle, double barrel in damascus steel table with tobacco-coloured ribbon swivelling on the right side by means of a lever under the barrel and arming the strikers, signed on the band in silver letters: "N...

Shotgun system Dreyse, central percussion by needle, double barrel in damascus steel table with tobacco-coloured ribbon swivelling on the right side by means of a lever under the barrel and arming the strikers, signed on the band in silver letters: "N. DREYSE SÖMMERDA", length 74 cm, calibre 22 or 24 (15.5 mm); damascus breech in sequence with the barrels, decorated with silver foliage scrolls, breech tail numbered: "449"; engraved fittings and lever with silver foliage scrolls and a silver hunting scene, brown horn trigger guard; veined walnut stock with cheek, checkered grip; wooden ramrod finished with a horn tip; total length 116.5 cm. (Probably missing a firing pin spring). Period, Germany, Prussia, circa 1880. Good condition.

N. DREYSE, harquebusier in Sömmerda in Prussia, 1880/1900. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.