Original British WWI Princess Mary 1914 Royal Navy Gift Box with Bullet Pencil & Greeting Card French Pistols and the nickel under the

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

The upper right corner of the Buffington Adjustable Sight is marked R to indicate that the sight graduations are for a rifle and not a carbine

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

The gun was made with a blued finish

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Original British WWI Princess Mary 1914 Royal Navy Gift Box with Bullet Pencil & Greeting Card French Pistols and the nickel under theOriginal 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,