Holland & Holland "whale marks"

[Stonewall]

Holland & Holland "whale marks"

These photo's were taken from "Holland & Holland The Royal Gunmakers " author Donald Dallas.

In 1930 Holand & Holland began to manufacture "whale marks " for marking whales by firing in specially made single shot 12 gauge or .410 guns.

Thousands were made stopping only in the 1970's as more modern methods were developed.


http://www.jstor.org/pss/1788808
Whale-Marking in the Southern Ocean
A. C. Hardy
The Geographical Journal, Vol. 96, No. 5 (Nov., 1940), pp. 345-350
(article consists of 6 pages)
Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)


Some one here must have a few rounds to show....:bigsmile:

Glenn

 

[pzgr40]

Hi, there was just one sold on the Dutch collectors forum.
Here the pictures.
Regards, DJH

 

[ron3350]

I got these two 12ga Whale Markers c.1990. I never saw a .410 one for sale.
These are common in Australian collections.
The Badminton H&H case and the all brass Fiocchi.

The paper tag goes with the Fiocchi case. I do not know why UK used Italian cases in 12ga and .410 instead of all Btitish cases.