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Rifle, bolt action   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
Rifle, bolt action
Object type Classification: NM3.7887
Description
English: Mauser Model 1895 bolt-action rifle, Anglo Boer War "Used by Boers in SA War" bolt action; 7x57mm calibre; burn marks missing parts- cleaning rod markings- carved on left hand side of forestock- F.A.J. PRETORIUS serial number on front left of receiver- 5636 on left of receiver- DEUTSCHE WAFFEN-UND MUNITIONSFABRIKEN. - BERLIN on left hand side forestock below receiver- 5636 stamped on forward end of trigger guard and magazine base- 5636 on magazine floor plate and repeated three times on underside of rear sight- 36 manufacturer's logo on centre right butt on bolt- 5636 Maker- Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, Berlin
Date 1899-1902; Anglo-Boer War; 19th Century
Dimensions

length: 1230mm
length: 770mm
width: 93mm
height: 135mm
notes: barrel

notes: overall
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1930.61
Place of creation Republic of South Africa; Germany; South Africa
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1930.61, W0423, W1911
Notes

Mauser Model 1895 bolt-action rifle, Anglo Boer War Used by Boers in South African War. The name F.A.J. Pretorius is carved on the stock. The rifle possibly belonged to Frederick Abraham Jacobus Pretorius, a burgher who was described as a "Cape Rebel" who farmed the 'Rietpoort' in the Cradock district of the Cape Colony. He was aged 27 when captured at Paardefontein on 5.9.1901 and sent to Hawkins POW Camp on the island of Bermuda. (ref.Carvings from the Veldt, Part Two- Rifle Carvings from the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 by Dave C George, p258)

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Mauser model 1895 used by the Boers in the Second Boer War, South Africa

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