Product Details
WEBLEY
A FINE AND SCARCE ARMY AND NAVY RETAILED .455 'MODEL 1901 WEBLEY FOSBERY AUTOMATIC' REVOLVER serial no 361,
circa 1901, 6in blued sighted barrel signed 'Army & Navy CSL', top-strap marked 'Webley Fosbery Automatic' (screw head missing to stirrup latch), blued rear fluted cylinder, barrel-slide and frame, chequered walnut grips with inlayed gold coloured 'safe' device, lanyard ring, backstrap inscribed 'Hon A. Crichton, 3rd Gordon High.r.s', the whole with much original finish. Nora Crichton was Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Victoria, Lord Mountbatten's mother, as was very close to the family. This would account for the Webley being given to Lord Mountbatten.
Estimate £2,000-3,000
THE ABOVE LOT IS SOLD UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE 1968 FIREARMS ACT. A SECTION 5 AUTHORITY IS REQUIRED TO PURCHASE OR VIEW THESE ITEMS.
FOR SECTION 7 BUYERS PLEASE REFER TO CHAPTER 9 OF THE HOME OFFICE 'FIREARMS LAW - GUIDANCE TO THE POLICE 2002' FOR ELIGIBILITY AND RESTRICTIONS.
NOTE TO OVERSEAS BUYERS: PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ITEMS CLASSIFIED AS SECTION 5 PROHIBITED WEAPONS UNDER UK LAW WILL INCUR ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES REGARDLESS OF THEIR CLASSIFICATION OUTSIDE OF THE UK.