Lot 96
96
The Property of J.C. ANDERSON, Esq.
A NOBEL CARTRIDGE DISPLAY BOARD, the selection of proprietary sporting cartridges arranged radially upon a cloth shield and including eighteen brass cartridge bases in various bore sizes from 32 to 12, twenty nine brass and paper case shot cartridges including the names 'ORION', 'CLYDE', 'NONEKA', 'UNITRO', 'AJAX', 'EMPIRE', 'VALEKA', 'KINGSWAY' and 'REGENT' and four cut-aways and a variety of top-cards

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A NOBEL CARTRIDGE DISPLAY BOARD, the selection of proprietary sporting cartridges arranged radially upon a cloth shield and including eighteen brass cartridge bases in various bore sizes from 32 to 12, twenty nine brass and paper case shot cartridges including the names 'ORION', 'CLYDE', 'NONEKA', 'UNITRO', 'AJAX', 'EMPIRE', 'VALEKA', 'KINGSWAY' and 'REGENT' and four cut-aways and a variety of top-cards
Oak framed and glazed and mounted upon panel, 28¾in. by 19¾in. overall

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In the years immediately preceding the First World War, Nobel's Explosives were the largest of the seventeen major expolsive producers. In 1918, the Explosives Trades Ltd. amalgamation was created under Nobel leadership in an attempt to combat European competition following the cessation of hostilities

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