Original British Officer's Telescope by Dollond named to Maj. R.C.A.B Bewicke-Copley of the K.R.R.C. Snider Rifle Accessories 577 Lead Ball & Powder

577 Lead Ball & Powder with Percussion Cap

The Scabbard (saya) is steel

Also included is a threaded steel rod

04-Apr-1945

Amelia and Dotterel having joined with the Third Rates HMS Caesar (80)

Original British Officer's Telescope by Dollond named to Maj. R.C.A.B Bewicke-Copley of the K.R.R.C. Snider Rifle Accessories 577 Lead Ball & PowderOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Nobody likes defeat, but that is what the British suffered at the hands of the Boers at the famous Battle of SPION KOP in 1900. The British were under the field command of MAJOR ROBERT C. A. B. BEWICKE COPLEY of 3rd Battalion of the KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORP. Born with only the surname of BEWICKE in 1855, he was schooled at RUGBY (Remember "John Brown's Schooldays"?), then after attending OXFORD he joined the K. R. R. C. in