Original Silver Mounted Flintlock Blunderbuss by Schumski of Vienna with Emblems of the Prussian von Steuben Family c.1730 Lanchester SMG It was adopted into service

It was adopted into service due to the need for a grenade with smaller destructive radius than the No 36M "Mills bomb"

Rauchspurpatrone rot

and the damage noted to German planes and equipment was terrific

It was led by Genrikh Yagoda

The treads are absent

Original Silver Mounted Flintlock Blunderbuss by Schumski of Vienna with Emblems of the Prussian von Steuben Family c.1730 Lanchester SMG It was adopted into serviceOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a very high quality Viennese Flintlock Blunderbuss, made by Schumski of Vienna, displaying the Ottoman influence of the Siege of Vienna in the 1680's. Measuring 32" in overall length with a gold inlaid iron barrel of 19 1 2". It is beautifully mounted in SILVER including Butt Plate, Side Plate, Trigger Guard, two Barrel Bands and an oval Escutcheon displaying the FAMILY CREST of the BARONS VON STEUBEN OF