Real large caliber German 8 1/2 Lb. cap and ball black powder handheld saluting gun (Handböller)  on wooden stand.

• This gun is used in Germany for salutes and celebrations usually around Christmas and New Year's Eve.
• Trigger works. Does not appear to ever have been fired.
• Personalized engraving on the top with the Seller's initials "20 DG 02." SN 01A07908. 
• The company's web site shows these guns sell for $889 to $2,4334 U.S.