A .455 'WEBLEY FOSBERY' AUTOMATIC PATENT MODEL 1902 RECOIL-OPERATED REVOLVER BY ARMY & NAVY, No. 2864, with much original blued finish overall, plunger cylinder-release, detachable side-plate, side safety lever with brass-inlaid 'SAFE' indicator, one-piece butt with chequered walnut grips and lanyard-ring, the barrel with fixed high-blade foresight and standard backsight

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A .455 'WEBLEY FOSBERY' AUTOMATIC PATENT MODEL 1902 RECOIL-OPERATED REVOLVER BY ARMY & NAVY, No. 2864, with much original blued finish overall, plunger cylinder-release, detachable side-plate, side safety lever with brass-inlaid 'SAFE' indicator, one-piece butt with chequered walnut grips and lanyard-ring, the barrel with fixed high-blade foresight and standard backsight
6in. barrel, contemporary proof marks as for Black Powder, the frame with maker's stamp '.455 CORDITE'
In its leather service holster, the leather stamped 'T. Thomas & Co. 1916'

Lot Essay

Army & Navy C.S.L. purchased this revolver on 21 August 1911 and sold it to a Mr. J.E. Scudamore, R.A.M.C. College, Millbank on 20 October 1911 for ¨5.10.0. The pistol appears to have been relatively little used

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