German pistol, 18th century.

18th-century Dagger-French Pistol

18th-century Dagger-French Pistol

18th-century Dagger-French Pistol

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Russian pistol manufactured in Tula in the 18th century. Tula decades later would become Demidov's work at the largest metallurgical processing center in Eastern Europe.