Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2023 : Sale A0723 Lot 752
AN INTERESTING BELGIAN .577 SNIDER SERVICE RIFLE BEARING THE TUGHRA OF THE KHEDIVE OF EGYPT, no visible serial number,

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AN INTERESTING BELGIAN .577 SNIDER SERVICE RIFLE BEARING THE TUGHRA OF THE KHEDIVE OF EGYPT, no visible serial number,
dated for 1864, with 30 1/2in. barrel cleaned of finish and in the white, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, in the white receiver with flip-open breech block with variant spring-loaded thumb-catch, plain lock marked 'TOWER 1864' on the tail and stamped with the Khedive's tughra, walnut full-stock with iron furniture, bayonet lug near muzzle and jag-ended iron ramrod, finish worn



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Estimate £300-500

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament