Original British 14 Gauge Double Barrel Side Lever Hammer Shotgun by W. H. James Serial 26051 - circa 1870 Knives & Daggers the Wehrmacht had specified that

the Wehrmacht had specified that a soldier should be able to carry either two full containers or four empty ones

so this might have been intended for an installation where this functionality was disabled

The slider is also missing part of the wooden insert

however it is blank

made in the U

Original British 14 Gauge Double Barrel Side Lever Hammer Shotgun by W. H. James Serial 26051 - circa 1870 Knives & Daggers the Wehrmacht had specified thatOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a typical British made Double Barreled Hammer shotgun, possibly intended for the large U. S. import market. It is marked on both lock plates with W. H. JAMES., a gunmaker in Birmingham who was apparently part of the large James family of gunmakers. We were able to find a reference to two similarly named makers in English Gunmakers: The Birmingham and Provincial Gun Trade in the 18th and 19th Century by