Original Antique Dutch Model 1873 Hembrug Army Revolver in 9.4mm - Serial 12429 U.S. Machine Guns - Approximate size 7 1/4

- Approximate size 7 1/4 (58cm)

As a result of the increased head wounds and the development of the first "modern" steel helmets by the French army in early 1915 and by the British army later that year the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November

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and a small patrol went off in search of the guns

000 yard artillery barrage zone designed to break up any attack that overran the outposts

Original Antique Dutch Model 1873 Hembrug Army Revolver in 9.4mm - Serial 12429 U.S. Machine Guns - Approximate size 7 1/4Original Item: Only One Available. These are very unusual to find especially in any sort of select condition as this one is. First issued in 1873, this Model saw much service in the Dutch East Indies as a very reliable black powder revolver. The early examples were fitted with octagonal barrels as our one has but these were later changed to round barrels for ease of manufacture. They are often referred to as the "Hembrug 1873", as many were made by