拍品 92
92
A .455 'WEBLEY FOSBERY' AUTOMATIC PATENT MODEL 1902 RECOIL-OPERATED REVOLVER BY P. WEBLEY, No. 2608, blued finish overall, plunger cylinder-release, detachable side-plate, side safety lever, one-piece butt with chequered composition grips and lanyard-ring, the barrel with fixed high-blade foresight and standard backsight

細節
A .455 'WEBLEY FOSBERY' AUTOMATIC PATENT MODEL 1902 RECOIL-OPERATED REVOLVER BY P. WEBLEY, No. 2608, blued finish overall, plunger cylinder-release, detachable side-plate, side safety lever, one-piece butt with chequered composition grips and lanyard-ring, the barrel with fixed high-blade foresight and standard backsight
6in. barrel, contemporary Black Powder proof, the frame with maker's stamp '.455 Cordite'
In its canvas holster

拍品專文

The concept of an 'automatic' revolver is most unusual. Colonel G. Vincent Fosbery, V.C., obtained his initial patents for a recoil-operated revolver in 1895 and Webley revolvers built on this system became famed for their strength and accuracy. Revolver No. 2608 bears the following inscription:- 'C. F. Thomsen H.Q. 8T.H. BG.E. F.A. A.I.F. (Field Artillery Australian Imperial Forces)