Original Imperial German Adams / Webley Style .38 Colonial Service Revolver circa 1890 - Serial 588 Japanese Documents and Books and chinstrap assembly

and chinstrap assembly

The 379th received two Presidential Unit Citations for its accomplishments in combat

also cord bound with a silver fitting at the bottom end

It is a part of the regimental weaponry and heraldry of the Royal Gurkha Rifles

possibly the name and number of the soldier that captured it

Original Imperial German Adams / Webley Style .38 Colonial Service Revolver circa 1890 - Serial 588 Japanese Documents and Books and chinstrap assemblyOriginal Item: Only One Available. Officially founded in 1871, the German Empire and its component kingdoms have never been really involved in the large scale formation of overseas colonies in the way that other European powers had been. This however changed in 1881 with the start of the "Scramble for Africa", and by 1884 Germany had amassed significant holdings in Africa and elsewhere. They then had the third largest Colonial empire, after only