Henry Leman Rifle, engraved ornamentation on brass devices, ornament on steel, engraved silver extras. Inlaid with brass ornament. Engraved, "Jas. C. Leman to A. R. Beck, Esq." on side inlaid silver ornament.
Provenance
James C. Leman to Abraham R. Beck (1833-1928) to son Dr. Herbert H. Beck (1875-1960). Apparently donated to LCHS the following year in 1961, likely as a tribute to its recent owner Herbert H. Beck who had served as Chief of the Pirates Club and also President of LCHS for 25 years, retiring in 1949 as president emeritus.
Key to the City of Baltimore, presented to Herbert H. Beck by Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin on March 14, 1947 in recognition of "what you have done for Baltimore and the Nation."
