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Description Object Type NAM Accession Number
Model 1896 Mauser 7 mm bolt action magazine carbine, 1900 (c); with associated leather bucket which appears to have been intended for a Lee carbine; captured from P P Botha during the siege of Ladysmith by S O Everitt; steel fittings, saddle ring and upper sling fittings; sword bar bayonet fittings. Firearms 1964-07-49
Model 1896 Mauser 7 mm bolt action magazine carbine, 1900 (c); with associated leather bucket which appears to have been intended for a Lee carbine; captured from P P Botha during the siege of Ladysmith by S O Everitt; steel fittings, saddle ring and upper sling fittings; sword bar bayonet fittings. Horse Furniture 1964-07-49
VZ52 7.62 mm self-loading rifle, 1956 (c); manufactured in Czechoslovakia and used by the Egyptian Army at Suez; folding bayonet and 10 round magazine; safety catch by trigger guard. Firearms 1963-12-251
Percussion trade carbine, 1916; converted by cutting down a rifle; brass bands, trigger guard and butt plate; large cockingpiece on hammer; ramrod; captured at Saadani, German East Africa by HMS Vengeance on 1 August 1916; manufactured 1830-1860 (c). Firearms 1963-12-251
Lieutenant-General Viscount Hugh Gough (1799-1869), Army Staff, 1850 (c). Oil on canvas painting, artist unknown; full-length portrait, in general officer's dress, an Indian servant kneeling to buckle on his sword; in gilt wood frame. Oil Paintings 1999-02-24
General Hugh Viscount Gough GCB (1779-1869), 1856 (c). Mezzotint engraving by George Saunders, after Francis Grant, published by Henry Graves and Company; full-length portrait wearing a civilian tweed coat over his general's frock coat. Prints 1999-02-25
Flintlock musket, 1799-1801 (c); apparently owned by a Turk who participated in Abercrombie's Campaign in Egypt in 1801; smooth bore; stock of Turkish shape and inlaid with mother of pearl, the butt piece made of bone or ivory and with a brass swivel; silver bands; lock possibly of European manufacture. Firearms 1963-12-251
Bren .303 in Mk I light machine gun, 1943; manufactured at Enfield; with associated spare barrel, related items: 50 round magazine and anti-aircraft tripod. Firearms 1982-04-763
Garand Mk I .30 in self-loading rifle, 1939-1945. Firearms 1983-01-82
I SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, 1991 (c). Lapel badge; circular with a white background, the text is blue with the Union Jack below. Crafts 1999-02-31
WILD ANIMALS OF BRITAIN, 1991 (c). Matchbox manufactured for and by Bryant and May, London; card of matches with the theme as per title, featuring an image of a field mouse and text verso; used by British forces during the Gulf Campaign. Crafts 1999-02-32
FAL 7.62 mm self-loading rifle, 1975 (c), with folding butt and associated magazine; captured during the South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982). Firearms 1983-03-9
Armalite AR15 5.56 mm self-loading rifle. Used by Irish Republican Army (IRA), 1975 (c), Northern Ireland (1969-2007). Firearms 1983-05-69
Armalite AR15 5.56 mm self-loading rifle; used by Irish Republican Army (IRA), 1975 (c); associated with Northern Ireland (1969-2007). Firearms 1983-05-70
Short .22 in No2 Mk IV bolt action rifle, Ishapore Rifle Factory, 1940. Firearms 1984-11-195
12 silks (originally on paper-backed sheet) cut from the set 'Regimental Colours and Badges of the Indian Army', 1920 (c); issued by the cigarette manufacturers, Drapkin; 11 regimental badges (portrait format) and one regimental colour (landscape), on white card with cream border and the Regiment's name in italics beneath. Prints 1999-02-36
Model 1880 Gras 11 mm bolt action breechloading single shot carbine, 1880 (c); also known as the Musketoon; ramrod intact. Firearms 1965-10-204-31
Percussion .656 in Pattern 1859 musket; dated 1864; for Indian Native Infantry. Firearms 1997-04-8
Sten 9 mm Mk II sub machine gun 1942; with associated sling and magazine. Firearms 1993-07-235
Remington 11 mm single shot roll block breechloading rifle, 1898 (c); used by a Mahdist in the 2nd Sudan War at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898; probably captured by Dervish after the defeat of William Hicks Pasha's expedition of 1883; plaque states it was given by Major Wilfred Marshall but it is not known to whom. Firearms 1974-03-127
Indian Smoothbore .656 in musket, Pattern 1858, lock dated 1856. Firearms 1992-11-63
Russian PPSh-41 7.62 mm sub machine gun 1942; Chinese Communist forces, Korean War. Firearms 1992-11-64
Garand MI .30 in self-loading rifle, 1936-1945 (c); fixed box magazine. Firearms 1963-12-251
Album of watercolours by 'Col Markham 1820' and 'W T Markham, 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade 1854', (Father and Son). Album of paintings and sketches by Col William Markham and 2/Lt William Thomas Markham (1830-1886), 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade, 1854 (c). Mostly of the campaign in the Crimea, personalised scenes with inscriptions, and sketches of battle, camp, foriegn troops and landscapes. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-02-105
Officer's Presentation sword, 1802; blade decorated with bluing and inscribed with the maker's name, J J Runkel and the dedication to Brigadier General William Henry Clinton by the British Consul and Factory in Madeira; knucklebow and shell guard, shell also bears the dedication; wooden scabbard, covered in black leather; Clinton became Governor of Madeira in 1801, and remained such until 1802 and the Peace of Amiens. Edged Weapons 1960-07-49
Brassard worn by Lietenant Colonel S C Howe, 1998, Royal Army Medical Corps, 5 Field Ambulance group based at Sipovo, Bosnia, Aug 1998. Uniforms 1999-02-107
An Exact List of the Royal Confederate Army in Flanders, Commanded by the King of Great-Britain. In Four Lines; As it was Drawn up at Gerpines Camp, 27 Jul 1691. With the different Colours of Clothing, by which each Regiment is distinguished. List printed in Edinburgh, 1691. Archives 1999-02-115
Collection of papers: three field service post cards sent by George Bock, 1916-1917; eleven 'On Active Service' envelopes sent by George Bock, 1916-1917; Regional Air Watches training course certificate of attendance issued to Mr Edwin Butler, Nov 1940 at Wrexham; publicity leaflets for wartime national savings bonds; ten exercise books used by Pte Ian Milne Ross, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, in 1954 whilst attending a course at the School of Ammunition; file of cyctostyled instruction notes from the School of Ammunition, 1951-1953. Archives 1999-02-117
Mounted photograph of the N W Army, Indian Army Ordnance Corps School, Lower Barian, Murree Hills, 3rd Course of Jul 1942; all of the sitters are named. Photographs 1999-02-118
Two maps collected by Conductor John Milne Ross, Royal Army Ordnance Corps: silk escape map of Burma, 1943; cotton map showing the zones of France (Mar 1944) including German occupied territory, Vichy, and coastal zones. Maps 1999-02-119
Large group photograph of the No 2 Vehicle Park, 15 Vehicle Company (AOD) Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 17 Aug 1944. Photographs 1999-02-121
White metal medal commemorating statue of Arthur Duke of Wellington erected at the Royal Exchange, London 1844; made by Joseph Davis, Birmingham 1844 (c). Medals 1990-05-18
Bronze medal commemorating statue of Arthur Duke of Wellington erected at the Royal Exchange, London 1844. Medals 1990-05-19
Presentation sword, General Officer's sword; blade inscribed with the dedication from William IV to Lord Hill, GCB, General Commander in Chief, 1832, and the maker's name, Prosser; mameluke hilt with ivory grips; gilt wire cord and acorn with a crimson worm; brass scabbard, possibly not the original. Edged Weapons 1963-10-123
Bronze medal commemorating the Death of the Duke of Wellington 1852; made by Thomas Ryan Pinches, London 1852 (c). Medals 1990-05-20
Bronze medal commemorating the Duke of Wellington 1852 (c); B Wyon, London, 1852 (c). Medals 1990-05-21
Silver medal commemorating the Duke of Wellington 1813 (c). Medals 1992-06-130
Bronze medal commemorating the Death of the Duke of Wellington 1852; made by Thomas Pope and Co, Birmingham, 1852. Medals 1992-06-132
White metal medal commemorating the Death of the Duke of Wellington 1852; made by Pigott and Co, Birmingham, 1852 (c). Medals 1992-06-133
Silver medal commemorating the Death of the Duke of Wellington, 1852; contained in red leather case, possibly original box of issue. Medals 1992-06-134
Hakim 7.62 mm self-loading VZ52/57 rifle, 1952 (c); used in Suez Crisis. Firearms 1963-12-251
Presentation sword, 1816; blade is similar to that of Pattern 1796 Light Cavalry sword, and is decorated with blueing, gilding and engraving; mameluke style hilt of silvered brass, bearing a Fleur de Lis on the écussons; silvered brass scabbard, inscribed with the dedication to Capt Swanson, in the name of the King of France, by the Governor General of the French Establishments in the Indies (?), 28 Nov 1816. Edged Weapons 1962-06-4
Percussion musket, 1847; one of three muskets from Ferozepore Arsenal used in the Indian Mutiny; manufactured in Suhl, Germany. Firearms 1958-09-16
German Gewehr M1871/84 11 mm rifle, used by Turkish Army 1888 (c). Firearms 1996-08-253
Belgian SAFN 7.62 mm Model 49 automatic rifle, 1950 (c). Used by Egyptian forces, 1950 (c). Firearms 1996-08-259
French Berthier 8 mm carbine Mle 1916, used by French Army during World War One; leather sling. Firearms 1996-08-261
US M1 .30 in carbine 1945 (c), used by IRA 1983 (c). Firearms 1996-08-264
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III* .303 in bolt action rifle 1916, used by Irish Republican Army, 1974 (c). Firearms 1996-08-265
US Garand .30 in M1 self-loading rifle 1941 (c), used by Irish Republican Army, 1982 (c). Firearms 1996-08-266
US Garand .30 in M1 self-loading rifle 1945 (c), used by Irish Republican Army, 1983 (c). Firearms 1996-08-268
AR15 5.56 mm Armalite rifle, used by Irish Republican Army 1982 (c). Firearms 1996-08-269
Kalashnikov AKM 7.62 mm assault rifle, Romanian export (?), used by Irish Republican Army 1987 (c). Firearms 1996-08-270
SA80 light support machine gun, 5.56 mm calibre, with active Trilux sight. Firearms 1990-02-57
The 2nd Bttn Manchester Regt. taking 6 German Field Guns at dawn near St Quentin on the 2nd April 1917. R Caton Woodville, 1917. Photograph of a watercolour en grisaille over pencil, signed and dated by the artist, Richard Caton Woodville; men of the Manchester Regiment with bayonets fixed engaging German artillery men at close quarters. Prints 1999-03-30
Sleeve badge worn by Edwin Butler, Army Fire Service, Royal Defence Corps, Ceiriog, Wales, 1939-1945 (c), . Badges 1999-03-32
Sepoy's fringed turban flash worn by Conductor John Milne Ross, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, attached to the Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 1939-1945. Badges 1999-03-33
Colt .455 in Model 1911 self-loading pistol; British issue 1915 (c). Firearms 1986-08-22
Cogswell and Harrison Mk III 1 in signal pistol 1916, British Army. Firearms 1988-06-54
Webley .455/476 in Mk IV commercial revolver; carried by Capt H E Webb-Bowen GWF 1901, with holster (marked to Webb-Bowen); stated by donor to have been given to Capt Webb-Bowen on his departure for South Africa. Firearms 1988-06-114
Webley .455/476 in Mk IV commercial revolver; carried by Capt H E Webb-Bowen GWF 1901, with holster (marked to Webb-Bowen); stated by donor to have been given to Capt Webb-Bowen on his departure for South Africa. Equipment, general 1988-06-114
Copper printing plate for Cartes de Visite, 1940 (c); engraved with the name, Lt Col H O Rogers (retd), Indian Army Service Corps; made by Military Gazette Limited, Lahore. Equipment, general 1997-12-51
A pair of identity discs, 1942 (c); belonging Capt K W Maxwell, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Equipment, general 1997-12-49
Three unembossed identity discs, 1942 (c); associated with Capt K W Maxwell, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Equipment, general 1997-12-48
Webley .455 in Mk V breechloading service revolver, rare 6 in barrel; issued to the Army Service Corps, 1915. Firearms 1989-02-161
Respirator, Mk VI No 4A, 1940, made by Barringer, Wallis and Manners Limited; respirator case, 1940, containing: a tin of anti-gas ointment, No 2; ground gas detector, no 1, 1930; box of anti-gas eyeshields Mk II, 1939; anti-dimming outfit Mk III, 1940; worn and used by Capt Nicolas Payan Dawnay. Equipment, general 1997-12-40
Respirator, Mk VI No 4A, 1940, made by Barringer, Wallis and Manners Limited; respirator case, 1940, containing: a tin of anti-gas ointment, No 2; ground gas detector, no 1, 1930; box of anti-gas eyeshields Mk II, 1939; anti-dimming outfit Mk III, 1940; worn and used by Capt Nicolas Payan Dawnay. Medical Equipment 1997-12-40
Respirator, Mk VI No 4A, 1940, made by Barringer, Wallis and Manners Limited; respirator case, 1940, containing: a tin of anti-gas ointment, No 2; ground gas detector, no 1, 1930; box of anti-gas eyeshields Mk II, 1939; anti-dimming outfit Mk III, 1940; worn and used by Capt Nicolas Payan Dawnay. Scientific Instruments 1997-12-40
Fourteen assorted leather, webbing and cloth pieces of equipment, Australian Pattern 1908-14, dating from 1915-17. Equipment, general 1997-06-103
Two Howdah cloths and a cushion, 1790 (c); the cloth was worn over the back of an elephant, with a Howdah, or Palanquin, strapped on top; taken at the fall of Seringapatam; reputedly owned by Tipu Sultan of Mysore.Items converted from loan 1966-01-4. Equipment, general 1997-04-120
Wooden painted signboard from 'Hellfire Corner', Ypres; with a white canvas bag belonging to Lt W S Storie, Royal Army Service Corps, who brought the sign back to Britain after World War One (1914-1918); believed to be the last signboard used at this position, Nov 1918. Equipment, general 1996-08-303
Webley .455 in Mk VI revolver 1918; marked to P W G Hume (subsequent purchaser or other rank). Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Firearms 1989-02-163
Webley .455 in Mk V revolver, 1914, wooden grips and lanyard; Home Guard (?); good example World War One Webley; Mk V only lasted 1914 and 1915. Firearms 1989-02-164
Webley .455 in Mk V revolver, 1914, wooden grips and lanyard; Home Guard (?); good example World War One Webley; Mk V only lasted 1914 and 1915. Equipment, general 1989-02-164
Clasp knife, British Army issue, 1946; made by Wilson, Sheffield. Edged Weapons 1996-01-104
Swagger stick which belonged to Bandsman K Prior, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1980 (c). Equipment, general 1995-07-32
First field dressing, 1981 (c); associated with Major General B W Davis, BRIXMIS, British Commanders'-in-Chiefs Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany. Medical Equipment 1995-07-28
Torch, 1981 (c); associated with Major General B W Davis, BRIXMIS, British Commanders'-in-Chiefs Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany. Equipment, general 1995-07-27
Magnifying glass, 1981 (c); associated with Major General B W Davis, BRIXMIS, British Commanders'-in-Chiefs Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany. Equipment, general 1995-07-26
Groundsheet and cape from a personal tour kit belonging to Major General B W Davis, BRIXMIS, British Commanders'-in-Chiefs Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany. Equipment, general 1995-07-25
Webley .455 in Mk II breechloading service revolver, 1896 (c); broad variety of hammer, Bakelite grips. Firearms 1989-05-65
Webley .455 in Mk IV breechloading service revolver, 1902; issued 1914 to 'QA' (?). Firearms 1989-05-66
Webley .455 in Mk IV commercial revolver; private purchase to Dr Childs Royal Army Medical Corps 1910 (c); holster marked R W Stibb 1917; made by Agnew and Son, and designed by Webley and Scott Limited. Firearms 1989-05-69
Webley .455 in Mk IV commercial revolver; private purchase to Dr Childs Royal Army Medical Corps 1910 (c); holster marked R W Stibb 1917; made by Agnew and Son, and designed by Webley and Scott Limited. Equipment, general 1989-05-69
Webley .455 in Mk VI breechloading service revolver, 1918; near perfect example. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Firearms 1989-05-71
Webley .455 in Mk VI breechloading revolver and .22 Parker Hale adaptor 1918 (c); this is the form of adaptor put forward by Capt W E Robinson at the end of World War One; it takes cartridges in a cylinder cut on a slope; the barrel is permanently sleeved down with a Morris tube. Firearms 1989-05-72
Webley .455 in Mk V breechloading service revolver; issued 1915. Firearms 1989-05-73
Luger parabellum 9 mm P08 automatic pistol, Erfurt; relic condition from Passchendaele 1916; chequered wood grips and original label; side plate missing and magazine broken; associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). Firearms 1989-06-31
Webley .455 in WG model revolver, with leather holster, 1885 pattern. Firearms 1991-08-56
Webley .455 in WG model revolver, with leather holster, 1885 pattern. Equipment, general 1991-08-56
Webley .476 in WG M1892 .476 in centre-fire revolver, 1900 (c); with attached lanyard and holster marked to Major A W Pick. Firearms 1991-08-57
Webley .476 in WG M1892 .476 in centre-fire revolver, 1900 (c); with attached lanyard and holster marked to Major A W Pick. Equipment, general 1991-08-57
Webley .455/476 in WG Army model revolver; sold by Army and Navy stores, 1900 (c). Firearms 1991-08-58
Webley WG Army Model .455/476 in centre-fire revolver; with lanyard (later); sold by Army and Navy Stores 1895 (c). Firearms 1991-08-59
Two transcribed letters associated with officers who served on the Western Front, Gallipoli and in Egypt: one associated with Lt Col A Weston Jarvis, 3rd County of London Yeomanry and XIX Corps Staff, May 1915-1919; one associated with Lt W M Armstrong MC, 10th Hussars, Sep 1914 to May 1917. Archives 1999-03-43
Documents relating to prisoner of war camps in Germany 1939-1945: 'Behind the Barbed Wire: A Photographic Record of Life in Enemy Prison Camps', published by the British Prisoners of War Fund; three carol service hymn sheet from Stalag VIIIB, Teschen; theatrical programmes, 1943-1944, from Stalag 383, Hohenfels; two ANZAC Day programmes of events, 25 Apr 1944, Stalag 383; telegram, 1938, and letter, 15 Feb 1943, from Sergeant Richard F Martin, 149 (N) Field Ambulance, RAMC, Middle East to Michael Martin; two issues of 'The Camp', a German newspaper for Allied POWs, 3 Oct 1943 and 22 Oct 1944. Archives 1999-03-44
Collection of papers: Diamond Jubilee Day menu, 22 Jun 1897, Sussex Volunteers; stamp, German prisoner of war camp, Wittenburg, 21 Nov 1916; 'For the Men at the Front', prayer by John Oxenham; fourteen British Military Authority currency notes from Italy, Germany and Tripolitania (Libya), 1943-1944 (c). Archives 1999-03-46
Photograph album containing 28 photographs relating to World War One (1914-1918); includes photographs of Lady Jellicoe, Louis Dobel, French marines and Commander Barnet, Royal Navy. Photographs 1999-03-50
Aluminium mug and shaped beaker, 1940 (c); mug has two folded wire handles, fixed with rivets; scratched with the name, Gurath; beaker is inside the mug; reputedly owned by a German soldier during World War Two. Equipment, general 1959-11-94
Shell dressing; cotton package with protruding white tapes; instructions for usage are printed on the front; contains an ampoule of iodine and pad to apply the liquid to the wound and surrounding are, and a bandage; issued by the War Office Medical Division, Sep 1914. Medical Equipment 1959-11-93
Christmas card sent to British Soldiers serving in Korea from The Korean Peoples Army and The Chinese People's Volunteers, 1953 (c); produced and distributed by The Korean Peoples Army and The Chinese People's Volunteers; folded into four with a Victorian style Christmas scene and a propaganda message aimed at encouraging a British revolt against United States forces. Prints 1999-03-55