.44 caliber. 3" tapered wedge-retained pentagonal to round barrel with top flat and under rib. NSN. Browned finish with copper streaked barrel, color casehardened lock and hammer, German silver mountings and checkered walnut stock. Single shot muzzleloading precision pocket pistol with fixed notch rear sight, dovetailed German silver blade front sight and bird's head grip. Back action percussion is lock engraved with simple foliate scrolls as is the hammer. The lock reads in two lines: DERINGER/PHILADELA. Top flat of breech with the same two-line marking and left angled flat with a P proof. Breech with German silver bands. Lightly engraved German silver triggerguard with pineapple finial, engraved side plate, the balance of the furniture is plain. Stock is not cut for a ramrod. {ANTIQUE}