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**EXTREMELY RARE**Olive Green Gallipoli & Mespotamia Theatre Of War Painted, WW1 British WD BSA M1914 .303 Calibre Lewis Automatic Machine Gun With Stock Disc Regiment Marked ‘WRVR’, Royal Navy ‘RN’ WD Oil Container Cap, WD Drum Pan Magazine & Bipod. - 22553:1 The .303 calibre Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun) is a World War I period light machine gun that was widely used by the British Military. It was first used in combat in World War I, and continued in service with a number of armed forces through to the end of the Korean War. This is an extremely rare, excellent clean WW1 .303 Lewis Light Machine Gun. The weapon was manufactured by Birmingham Small Arms Co for Arms Automatiques Lewis Belgium and is crisply stamped accordingly (illustrated). It is also marked 'Lewis Auto Gun’ and ‘1914 pat'. It has matching numbers 51385. The gun also has several WD broad arrow ordnance inspection marks (illustrated). It is complete with original bipod with adjustable spiked legs, ladder rear sight, winged fore sight and original removable drum pan magazine. The underside of the magazine has WD marks. The metal work of the gun and bipod have original Olive Green paint as used on weapons used in the Gallipoli & Mespotamia Theatres Of War. The wood stock and pistol grip are undamaged. The stock is inlaid with brass Disc Regiment marked ’22 WRVR 95’. The gun also has a steel butt plate, sling swivels & the top of the shoulder stock has a brass screw top trap for oil, the lid of which has an integral cleaning / application brush. The brass lid is marked ‘RN’ (Royal Navy) and has WD arrow. The gun cocks and dry fires crisply, the magazine rotates correctly during the firing process and can be removed. These iconic weapons are extremely rare and this is an excellent original example worthy of further research regarding the Regiment marks. The price includes deactivation certificate & UK delivery. Sn 22553:1
£9,750.00
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