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https://hdl.handle.net/10599/10720| Title: | Mauser C96 (Construktion 96) semi-automatic pistol |
| Authors: | Curragh Military Museum |
| Keywords: | Mauser C96 Hand gun Peter the Painter |
| Issue Date: | 1896 |
| Description: | The Mauser C96 (Construktion 96) is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937. Nicknamed 'The Broomhandle' It was also known during the Irish Revolutionary Period 1913 to 1922 as a 'Peter the Painter', after the Latvian anarchist Peter Piaktow whose preferred weapon it was. |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10599/10720 |
| Copyright: | Image acquired by South Dublin Libraries by kind permission of the Curragh Military Archives |
| Appears in Collections: | 1913-1915: Preparation Published Items |
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| wm_Mauser1.jpg | Generated Web Image | 1.25 MB | JPEG |  View/Open |
| wm_Mauser2.jpg | Generated Web Image | 1.26 MB | JPEG |  View/Open |
| wm_MauserBarrel.jpg | Generated Web Image | 336.98 kB | JPEG |  View/Open |
| wm_MauserSide.jpg | Generated Web Image | 351.44 kB | JPEG |  View/Open |
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