The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
French, five shot, hammerless pocket revolver with a folding trigger. The frame and cylinder are nickel plated and there are no manufacturer marks except for the serial number. The grips are two piece mother of pearl. The rear of the frame has a safety catch. There is no ejector rod fitted to the octagonal barrel.
The donor, Colonel Wikner, was intelligence officer with the 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade, stated that approximately early November, 1917, the 2nd L.H. Brigade was faced, on the plain outside Jaffa, by a numerically stronger Turkish force. Both sides had resorted to patrol activities and it was on one of these patrols that the Australians had on one night seen a signal light originating from a mud hut in the vicinity. Investigation resulted in the capture of a Turk dressed in Arab robes. This revolver was taken from the Turk by an interpreter who presented it to Colonel Wikner.
Belgian hammerless, six shot pocket revolver. The blued solid frame has a folding trigger and Belgian proof marks. The right grip has been remade in bone and the left grip is the original black checke
Gasser Model 1870 six shot revolver. Frame marked L.GASSER WEIR OTTAKRING, the serial number with the company logo of an arrow through an apple. Below the serial number is 8898.08. The grips are check
Brass indirect fire gun sight, as fitted to German manufactured howitzers. The sight is shaped in the form of a 180 degree protractor. Two scales are engraved around the curved edge. These are etched
The M.1885 Kipplaufrevolver or 2nd Model Montenegrin Revolver is a hinged-frame, top-break design that used a frame locking system similar to the British Webley-Pryse method. The revolver is made from
Glisenti Model 1889 Type B double action, six shot revolver. Blued steel frame with a right hand side loading gate and a ejector rod on a collar under the short octagonal barrel. The removable left ha
Smith & Wesson .38 revolver. The gun is made from ordnance steel and is a break-open, six shot, double action revolver. The weapon has plastic grips which are broken. The gun is badly corroded. Markin
