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Description: | Carbine owned by Able Seaman Bevis circa 1900. Fully stocked to muzzle and fitted with two sling loops. It has a bolt action lock. The barrel is rifled and fitted with blade foresight protected by wings and leaf rear sight. There are a number of inscriptions on this firearm : 'FV', 'Dreyse', 'Sommerda', 'Soz'. There are also Chinese characters on tang of the trigger guard. This rifle was acquired by A.B Bevis during the Boxer Rebellion 1900. According to the family of Mr Bevis: "my father served on HMS 'Centurion' and was wounded in the head resulting in him being blind. Earl Jellicoe (Flag Captain of HMS 'Centurion' during the Boxer Rebellion) served too and I have some letters of his written to my father in hospital, he also gave him this rifle and a sword". The sword is also in the collection (reference WPN1467). Considerable quantities of this model rifle was manufactured by Mauser and sold to China, Japan, Honduras and the Transvaal.
caption: Rifle - Mauser model 71
caption: Mauser Model 71 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth carbines Mary Evans F. Von Jellicoe Bevis Dreyse A. E. | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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