March 2023 Sealed Bid Auction : Sale S0323 Lot 7590
A RARE INERT COLLECTORS WORLD WAR I .577/450 MARTINI-HENRY ANTI-ZEPPELIN CARTRIDGE,

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A RARE INERT COLLECTOR'S WORLD WAR I .577/450 MARTINI-HENRY ANTI-ZEPPELIN CARTRIDGE, 1914, head-stamped 'R/I\ / K / /I\ I / CI', officially known as the 'Cartridge S.A. Tracer Martini Henry Rifle Mark I', these rounds were manufactured by the Royal Laboratories at Woolwich using drawn brass cases from rifle cartridges originally intended for supply to India; they were designed to be fired from a Martini-Henry carbine by an aircraft's observer and are probably the rarest of all the British Ordnance Martini-Henry rounds



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Estimate £200-400