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1 inch Nordenfelt

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1 inch nordenfelt rounds
If i recall correctly these date from the later 1800s into the early 1900s
These have been made into souvenirs or presentation pieces fitted to bases and have no primers or headstamp markings.
 

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Very nice. Yours are possibly the Mark I, 1880, given that the cases have no headstamps and the exposed steel is not as pointy as the mark IV in the drawing.
 
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