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Frederick William Hollender was born on July 13, 1887 to Frederick Emil Hollender (1830-1884) and Hermina Steiger (1858- ) . In the 1910 New York City Directory Frederick Hollander & Co. was listed as a Beer importer at 123 Lafayette St. With the outbreak of World War I he lost his source of Beer from Germany and in the 1925 City Directory he was listed as Gem Importer at 245 Canal St. He was an active importer of Guns from the August Schuler Co. in Suhl and had them build guns to his specific requirements or the requirements of his customers. The 1945-1949 issue of the Sports Afield Hunting Annual contained an article titled “Lion Hunt Deluxe” which he wrote. He was an enthusiastic Big Game hunter who traveled the World in pursuit of his quarry.
The following images show a custom single shot JagdKarabine made by August Schuler on the Model 1893 Langenhan break action pistol with a 16 inch barrel chambered for the 5.6x35mm cartridge and detachable shoulder stock. It was proofed in May 1931. The scope has Schuler mounts. Following the images are some of Fred Hollender’s correspondence with August Schüler concerning this and two other similar pistols Hollender ordered. I sincerely thank Axel Pantermuhl in Germany for sharing the letters and transcribing them for us.