Original British 10 Bore Single Barrel Percussion Fowling Piece - circa 1840 Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly The HALLMARKED Silver Officer's Cross

The HALLMARKED Silver Officer's Cross Belt plate we offer bears the Regimental Motto NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT (No one provokes me with impunity) in a circle around and 2 Bn / 2 Bd for 2nd Battalion

Both sleeves maintain their sergeant's chevrons also in excellent condition and firmly stitched

with the original finish still remaining in many places

and by the time of the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888 he was the Local Inspector and Head of the CID at H Division in Whitechapel

The cross was awarded for merit in war

Original British 10 Bore Single Barrel Percussion Fowling Piece - circa 1840 Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly The HALLMARKED Silver Officer's CrossOriginal Item: Only One Available. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage together with a couple of hundred other guns. It is a nice example of the basic grade of percussion fowling piece, single barrel with back action lock. It has minimal engraving, not even a Maker's signature, however received with a tag stating RICHARD HOLLIS who had a shop in London between 1790 and 1850. It may just be that his mark is under the barrel