Original British Victorian Officer’s Plated Mess Tin with Leather Carrier from Blair Castle Auction MP 34 • 2 x French WWI

• 2 x French WWI Sign Cartridges launched from Grenade Launcher recovered at Verdun battle site

embossed side plates

Other versions of this revolver were often called the "Model 1858" due to the patent date on the barrel

This is the type exhibited on our Pepperbox Revolver offered here

Grips are in very nice condition

Original British Victorian Officer’s Plated Mess Tin with Leather Carrier from Blair Castle Auction MP 34 • 2 x French WWIOriginal 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