An Oldie

[Ganderite]

60 years ago this belonged to the wife of a very prominent citizen.

If you happened to spot this little change purse peeking out of her purse, it would attract no notice.

But:

I know nothing about the little purse/holster. From a bygone era.

 

[Arctic]

That's a new one on me, but does serve a purpose!!

 

[Dagmaar]

A civilized era , where an adult woman was allowed the ability to defend herself .
The good old days !

 

[daBear]

Used to see smaller versions with the Belgian Velo Dog or Puppies from late 1890's. Interesting pieces for sure
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[sail32]

Nice !

The little .25 ACPs were interesting pistols.

 

[ryan]

That I have never seen either. Agreed, no one would give that a second look.

 

[Jefferson]

my dad and I had 3 of them and I had the paperwork on the purses from colt

most were not made by colt but sold by a lot of dealers and colt sent along the advertisements from the maker

 

[Dagmaar]

my dad and I had 3 of them and I had the paperwork on the purses from colt

most were not made by colt but sold by a lot of dealers and colt sent along the advertisements from the maker

Very cool . Where they pricey in their day ?

 

[Iron Sighted]

Thanks for sharing, very cool gun, would be neat to know the history on that one.

 

[MuthaFunk]

So cool! Thanks for sharing!

 

[NAA]

Oh, the days when common sense prevailed....

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NAA.

 

[Ganderite]

I would like to learn more about the purse. It is a quality item.

 

[marshall]

I have had a few of the guns , never seen the purse. There was a colt 25 on the last sale , good, but not up to that one, went to L.V.,Na.
The baby browning is smaller, not as old, I had a browning book with one in , bound in leather with a little snap lock, kind of like a diary.

 

[R005t3r]

The Colt is nifty but the Baby Browning is possibly the perfect purse gun.

 

[Jefferson]

back in the early 80’s the purse was 200 Canadian and the pistol 300 Canadian in minty condition

found the paperwork at the all colt show in Vegas in 88 and paid 100 USA for 18 sheets of paper

sold the paperwork to a USA collector in the late 1990’s for a 2 grand with 2 purses and the paper no guns
as they were sold years before the prohib legislation

 

[terez]

My great Gramma carried a British Bulldog short barreled revolver in 455 in her handbag back in the day...she routinely carried the bakery deposits back/forth so Grampa insisted she carry

Thats a sweet piece of history......

 

[daBear]

Heres another example of the purse guns..I mentioned this in an earlier post and thought you may want to see it. Chambered in 320Rev and the purse was like new. RCMP refused to classify as antique because of lack of positive markings denoting date . Still trying to post image....grrr

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