Original British Victorian Officer’s Plated Mess Tin with Leather Carrier from Blair Castle Auction Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns " over the Richmond address

" over the Richmond address

The war ended on the Western Front with the Armistice on 11 November 1918

The included steel scabbard is in good condition

The display of a Lefaucheux breech-loading gun inspired English apprentice gunmaker Edwin Charles Hodges (1831-1925) to make an improved copy and persuade leading London gun maker Joseph Lang that this was the gun of the future

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Original British Victorian Officer’s Plated Mess Tin with Leather Carrier from Blair Castle Auction Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns " over the Richmond addressOriginal item. One of a Kind. This is a lovely British Officer's plated mess tin complete with leather carrier, privately purchased by "Frederick Gordon Blair, the 26th Laird of Blair Castle", who lived from 1852 until 1943 aged 91 years. Probably dating to the 1870's and 1880's when as a young officer he probably served in Africa in both the Zulu Wars and the Egyptian Sudanese wars. The leather carrier is stamped with the initials F B. The tin itself