Excellent Old Silver Painted Carved Toy Pistol with (Partial) Leather Holster test from what I can make

from what I can make out

then secured with a couple of iron nails

and anything that requires decoding--and the symbols interspersed here are pure delight

with great much weathered dark green painted surfaces

Andre Gide

Excellent Old Silver Painted Carved Toy Pistol with (Partial) Leather Holster test from what I can makeA beauty of an old carved wooden toy pistol, quite iconic looking in its silver paint, and clearly invested with significant care by a kid long ago, who I'd like to imagine used it only for good. With excellent carved detailing, especially the dense crosshatching on the handle, and a heavy wire trigger, two nails at top for the sights, and an old leather sleeve, with button sewn inside, which I presume once attached to a belt or strap. Gun, in very