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A sixty button duet system Concertina. Octagonal fretted nickel silver face plates, nickel plated buttons, eight fold leather bellows. 6 rows of buttons on treble and bass sides. Leather handle straps with bone detailing. Pale and dark wooden rails/edgings.
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