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Lot 521S2

A 12-bore 'Royal' sidelock ejector gun by Holland & Holland, no. 16472
In a canvas case

18 May 2017, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £4,000 inc. premium

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A 12-bore 'Royal' sidelock ejector gun by Holland & Holland, no. 16472

The toplever and rib numbered '1' in gold, scalloped fences, the action-body with best bold foliate-scroll engraving, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, some hardening-colour, well-figured stock, the sleeved barrels with game-rib engraved Holland & Holland, 98 New Bond Street, London
Weight 6lb. 8oz., 13⅝in. stock, 28in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, Birmingham nitro reproof
In a canvas case

Footnotes

The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1895 for Westminster for Lord Gerald Grosvenor

Lord Gerald Richard Grosvenor (1874 - 1940) was the son of the 1st Duke of Westminster. He fought in the Boer War where he was mentioned in despatches and he was later injured while fighting with the Third Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment stationed in Bethlehem at the Battle of Groenkop.

During WWI he was again injured during a German attack on his trenches south of the Menin Road near Ypres in October 1915. He was captured and moved to Munster to recuperate, before being interned in the Netherlands during which time he gained the rank of Captain in the Scots Guards, he eventually returned to England in September 1918

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