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Lot 244

A Mauser 11MM 1871/84 Model Turkish Contract Breech-Loading Centre-Fire Cavalry Carbine
Dated 1307 A.H. Corresponding To 1889 A.D.

29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Mauser 11MM 1871/84 Model Turkish Contract Breech-Loading Centre-Fire Cavalry Carbine
Dated 1307 A.H. Corresponding To 1889 A.D.

With sighted barrel retained by a spring-held barrel band and with folding calibrated adjustable back-sight in front of the octagonal breech section, the latter stamped with tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid II (1876-1909), tubular magazine beneath, action dated and inscribed in Turkish along one side, bolt with downbent lever, full stock (some bruising) painted '10/100' on one side and roughly cut 'Carter S-T' on the other, regulation steel mounts, and sling loops (steel parts with old oil overall)
46.5 cm. barrel

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Museum of Artillery, Rotunda, Woolwich

Literature:
J.P. Kaestlin, Catalogue of the Museum of Artillery at the Rotunda, Woolwich, Part II, Personal Arms, H.M.S.O., London, 1963, probably p. 36, no. 147

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