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[edit]Revolver
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Artist |
Hobson & Sons; P. Webley & Son |
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Title |
Revolver |
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Object type | Trauma/casualties/wars Classification: NM3.7493 |
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Description |
English: Webley Mark VI revolver with leather holster, 1918 Revolver given to Bombadier Michael G Niven, 7th Anti-Tank Regiment, 2nd NZ Division, 2NZEF Webley Mark VI revolver with leather holster; six-shot; double action; rear loading; lanyard ring at butt; composite grips holster- Sam Brown type flap holster; brown leather; belt loop; shoulder strap brass engaging loop on rear; stitching to fault to bottom of belt loop; two broad arrows inside flap markings- marked on rear outside of cylinder, underside of body forward of trigger guard, and rear underside of barrel- serial number- 378387 left rear barrel strap- other markings including military broad arrow; MARK VI left body above trigger guard- WEBLEY - MARK VI - Patents - 1918 other parts marked with broad arrow holster marked-HOBSON and SONS - 1915- LONDON handwritten in pencil under flap- A.M.R. |
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Date |
circa 1918 date QS:P571,+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 ; World War 1, 1914-18-wars; 05 Jul 2013; 06 Sep 2013 |
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Dimensions |
length: 310mm |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q758657 |
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Accession number |
2013.28.1 |
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Place of creation | United Kingdom; London; Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line |
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2013.28.1 Gift of William Hursthouse |
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Notes |
Webley V1 revolver that belonged to- Bombadier Michael G Niven, 7TH Anti-Tank Regiment, 2nd NZ Division Artillery, 2NZEF During WW2 Niven was with the 7th Anti-Tank Regiment. On 27th November 1941 he played a key role in the unsuccessful attempt to defend the 5th Brigade Headquarters of Brigadier Hargest at Sidi Azeiz in the Libyan desert. Taken prisoner he escaped on several occasions and suffered at the hands of the Gestapo. His actions on 27th November 1941 are recounted in two of the WW2 official histories, 2nd New Zealand Division Artillery and The Relief of Tobruk. At end of war Michael Niven returned to New Zealand, living initially in Auckland. At this time he had an extreme phobia about the Gestapo and he would sit on the stairs of his landlady’s house with a loaded rifle waiting for the Germans to come. It was in response to this that his landlady gave him the Webley revolver - presumably because it was less visible than the rifle. Michael Niven later returned to Wellington where he practised as a vet for a number of years before deciding to return to England in the early 1950s. At this point he gave the revolver to Mr Hursthouse. Niven and Hursthouse had been friends before the war, both attending Victoria University circa 1935, and had resumed their friendship when Michael Niven returned to Wellington. |
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