Vasco Da Gama
Well-Known Member
Found this in a local junk shop, not really my thing but ended up being an impulse buy! It is basically a small bell, the top cartridge is hinged and connected to a clapper on the inside of the 1 pdr case. The clapper is made from the base of another rifle cartridge but I cannot see any markings. I am guessing on a Boer War vintage as the rifle cartridge is marked for 1897 and I think 7.92mm made in Karlsruhe. The one pounder case is unmarked, which tends towards British and late 1800s but I am aware these guns were also used by the Boer's. The bullets look early but very happy to be educated on that point! Posted for general interest.
