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Online Collection
One of a pair of Dutch or German wheel-lock pistols, 1630 (c)
Wheel-lock pistols were carried by cavalry. The wheel-lock mechanism was complicated and expensive and few of these pistols were made in England, but many were imported from Germany, Holland and Italy.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1993-10-118-2
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1993-10-118-2