automatic pistol / Patrick Pearse, 1916

The Mauser automatic pistol and case said to be have been used by Commandant General Patrick Pearse in the G.P.O., 1916. It was received from Colonel Moul who held a high position in 1916. Colonel Moul had nothing to do with the executions, he knew many of the leaders and went on sick-leave lest he should be required to identify them.;