automatic pistol / Patrick Pearse, 1916

Patrick Pearse's Browning Fabrique Nationale automatic pistol, calibre 7.65mm. Serial No. 54541. In holster. Entered with a contemporary manuscript note signed H.E. de Courcy Wheeler - 'F.N. 54541. 7.65mm cal. repeating pistol in leather case, pouch and ammunition belonging to General Pearse and handed to me by him when he surrendered in Moore Street to General Lowe in 1916'. Pistol marked as above, and also with 'FN' on butt. One magazine in the pistol and one spare magazine. Magazines marked 'F.N.'. Holster of brown leather, with one brass stud.;