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A fine .455 '1892 Model' revolver by Wilkinson-Webley, no. 8883 In a leather case image 1
A fine .455 '1892 Model' revolver by Wilkinson-Webley, no. 8883 In a leather case image 2
Lot 189S5

A fine .455 '1892 Model' revolver by Wilkinson-Webley, no. 8883
In a leather case

10 November 2022, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,785 inc. premium

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A fine .455 '1892 Model' revolver by Wilkinson-Webley, no. 8883

Retaining virtually full blued finish, the octagonal barrel with sighting-rib engraved 'Wilkinson, Model 1892, Pall Mall, London', the underside engraved 'W.B.C. Burdon', sighting-groove and blade-foresight, the butt with chequered wooden grip stamped '8885' and butt-cap with lanyard ring
Weight 2lb. 5oz., 6in. barrel, Birmingham nitro proof
In a leather case

Footnotes

This Wilkinson-Webley was sold to a W.D.C. Burdon on 27th April 1894. William Boyd Chandless Burdon was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant on 18th April 1894, gazetted as a Lieutenant on 27th November 1895 and left the army in 1897, having served throughout in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars

This revolver may be held under both categories of s.7 Heritage Pistols in the U.K.

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