Dual Linchpin
This weird looking contraption is a dual linchpin of brescian origin (late 1600s, early 1700s), as seen in the weapons museum in the Cesta Tower in San Marino. A linchpin is part of the firing mechanism in a firerarm.
This image is from the presentation "San Marino - Roland and Stephanie's Semimoon".

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