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Historic Presentation Cased Von Lengerke & Detmold Retailer Marked Mauser C96 Large Ring Flatside Broomhandle Semi- Automatic Pistol Inscribed to Civil War General James H. Wilson with Matching Numbered Shoulder Stock - Serial no. 21158, 7.63 mm Mauser cal., 5 1/2 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut grips. This excellent cased Mauser Model 1896 “flatside” pistol was manufactured in 1899, and is specially presentation inscribed in fancy script on the right of the frame with “General J.H. Wilson/ U.S.A.” in two lines. James Harrison Wilson (September 2, 1837-February 23, 1925) was a famous Union Civil War general who had a distinguished military career spanning through the Spanish- American War and Boxer Rebellion. At the time of his death in 1925, Wilson was the fourth-to-last surviving Union Civil War general.
General James H. Wilson
