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Description: | Mauser Model 1893 rifle. It is virtually fully stocked to the muzzle. A sling is fitted to the rifle. Bolt operated with a five shot integral box magazine. The barrel is rifled. It is fitted with a folding carriage rearsight graduated in Turkish and a blade foresight. The calibre is 7.65mm. There are additional Turkish inscriptions on this rifle. Stamped on the butt is 'B B RAZIER CERA (Chief Engine Room Artificer) HMS 'Odin' KURNAH 1914'. HMS 'Odin' was present at the capture of Qurnah (Iraq) by British Forces, 9 December 1914. She was a sloop built in 1901 and sold in 1920 in Bombay. See 'The Neglected War' by A J Barker (published by Faber & Faber 1967).
This firearm was acquired via the Firearms Amnesty of 1988. In event of disposal it must be either transferred (not given) to authorised museums, the Forensic Science Service, the MOD Pattern Room, the Royal Military College at Shrivenham. Otherwise it must be handed into the Metropolitan Police for destruction.
caption: Mauser Model 1893 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Odin 1901 (HMS: sloop) B Bfl Razier rifles | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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