Schusswaffen A78

36 | 20 date 1587. The base of the barrel decorated with cut band of beads. Lock with engraved and fire-gilt wheel frame, external safety lever and spring-loaded pan cover with release button. The springs of the mechanism lightly cut. Full stock of ebonised walnut wood with finely studded surfaces and inlays of en- graved and blackened bone. The side of the A wheellock puffer for lifeguard officers of the Electorate of Saxony, Zacharias Herold, Dresden, dated 1587 Two-stage barrel, octagonal then round after a cut, serrated decorative line, with slightly swamped muzzle. Smooth bore in 15 mm calibre. At the breech fleur-de-lys mark struck three times and monogram “ZH” with