Original British Victorian Officer's Private Purchase Tranter .442 Rimfire Revolver circa 1870 U.S. Ammo The oval egg-shaped shell casing

The oval egg-shaped shell casing was made of thin sheet metal filled with picric acid or TNT

LW 577 901 12-Mar-1945 Swinemunde

gunsmiths as an unlocated lock plate maker

and it also still has the M1917 Stamped Steel fuze cap and pull detonator string

incoming GIs could report any experience they had handling pigeons and possibly get an assignment in that field

Original British Victorian Officer's Private Purchase Tranter .442 Rimfire Revolver circa 1870 U.S. Ammo The oval egg-shaped shell casingOriginal Item: Only One Available. Traditionally British Officers, all Gentlemen and from an affluent background, were expected to pay for their own sidearms, both revolver and Sword. Back in the 1600s and early 1700s The Colonel of the Regiment was often expected to provide ALL weapons and Uniforms for the entire Regiment. During Queen Victoria's "LITTLE WARS" after the Crimean Campaign, all over the empire like India, Canada and South Africa, the