Original British WWI Princess Mary 1914 Royal Navy Gift Box with Bullet Pencil & Greeting Card French Pistols The carbine is 38 1/2"

The carbine is 38 1/2" inches in overall length having an 18" barrel

roughly three main variants were produced: one with a 30 cm barrel

it does still retain some of the original field grey paint in areas

and the nickel under the gold would have made it very attractive

You remember the Movie 55 DAYS AT PEKING with David Niven

Original British WWI Princess Mary 1914 Royal Navy Gift Box with Bullet Pencil & Greeting Card French Pistols The carbine is 38 1/2"Original Item. Only One Available. This is a really great example of a Royal Navy issued Princess Mary gift box with some of the contents still intact. Following the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, the British Expeditionary Force was sent to the Western Front and was soon joined by troops from the Empire, those from India arriving before the end of the year. On 14 October 1914, George V's 17 year old daughter, Mary, Princess Royal,