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Latest revision as of 15:39, 12 July 2019
| Webley & Scott Brass Mark 3 Fare Gun | |
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| Language | English |
| Date | 2019:07:11 13:36:09 |
| Creator of object | Webley & Scott |
| Subject | HISTORY |
| Author | Jerico |
| Size | cm x cm x cm |
| Type | Image |
| License | Creative Commons Public Domain (no conditions) |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Museum | [Barbados Museum and Historical Society] |
| Omeka | Link |
The Webley & Scott Brass Mark 3 Flare Gun is a English Military flare pistol which was issued and used during the final years of World War 1. It was adopted in 1911 and improved on the Mark 2 which was used in 1905. It had a brass tilt down break open loading mechanism and a single action lockwork unlike the Mark 1 and 2 which was made of steel. These where created as a means of communication as line telephones where in their infancy and was not widely available to the public.