BRITISH BARON SHOOTING PRIZE ,AMELIUS LOCKWOOD ESSEX REGIMENT 1909

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BRITISH BARON SHOOTING PRIZE ,AMELIUS LOCKWOOD ESSEX REGIMENT 1909:
$7999.97

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FROM THE ROSE COLLECTION. MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER FROM THE BOXER REBELLION.

IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENT ROYAL SHOOTING MATCH MESS GONG PRIZE.

THE GERMAN-BRITISH NAVAL CONTEST PRIOR TO WW1 WAS A MAJOR EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF EMPIRE AND WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE WAR.

1908 WAS THE FIRST MAJOR SHOT FIRED WITH THE GERMANS ENTERING INTO NEW AND MASSIVE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION OF WARSHIPS.

THE BRITISH PANICKED AND RUSHED HUGE SPENDING BILLS FOR THEIR WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION .

BARON LOCKWOOD WAS A PRIVY COUNSELOR AND HELD OTHER IMPORTANT ROYAL OFFICES AS WELL AS BEING A LONG TIME MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT , OFFICER OF THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS . AS A COUNSELOR TO THE KING HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE TURMOIL OF THE NAVY SCARE OF 1909.

LOCKWOOD CONDUCTED A SHOOTING COMPETITION IN 1909 AND DEMONSTRATED HIS SENSE OF HUMOR BY OBTAINING AN IMPERIAL GERMAN 88mm NAVAL DECK GUN SHELL TO MAKE THE MESS GONG WHICH HE OFFERED AS FIRST PRIZE.

HIS 1909 PRIZE USING AN IMPERIAL GERMAN SHELL MADE IN 1908 WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE AN AMUSEMENT AT THE TIME.

AS EXPECTED IT WAS WON BY HIS REGIMENT.

THE 88mm KRUPP sk30 WAS A STANDARD IMPERIAL DECK GUN ON SEVERAL CLASSES OF WARSHIPS AND SUBMARINES.

THE SUBMARINE UB88 WAS SO ARMED AND SEEN IN THE PHOTOS AFTER HAVING SURRENDERED TO THE US AND SHOWN AS A TROPHY BEFORE BEING SUNK OF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA.

COLOR PHOTOS AND ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL PHOTOS COMPLEMENTS OF THE WORLD FAMOUS RALPH LOVETT ARTILLERY COLLECTION.

WE DO NOT SELL ORDNANCE HARDWARE ON WELCOME TO THE CRITTENDEN SCHMITT ARCHIVES "ON LINE MUSEUM" AND DE-ACQUISITION SALE. THE ITEMS IN OUR REFERENCE COLLECTION DATE BACK TO ABOUT 1849 WHEN MY GREAT UNCLE, RALPH CRITTENDEN AND HIS PARTNER RICHARD TIBBALS CREATED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AMMUNITION FACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRAWN CARTRIDGES , PERCUSSION CAPS AND ALL FORMS TO AMMUNITION OF INTEREST TO THE GUN MANUFACTURING FACTORS OF THE DAY. SPENCER , SHARPS , HENRY , VOLCANIC, JENNINGS, REMINGTON, AND SMITH AND WESSON ALL SOLD CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS AMMUNITION UNDER THEIR OWN TRADE NAME. THE UNION ARMY BOUGHT MILLIONS OF CTM PERCUSSION CAPS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPENCER CARTRIDGES DURING LINCOLN’S WAR AND ALL OF THE SPENCER AMMUNITION USED IS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES INCLUDING GETTYSBURG WERE ALL MADE BY CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS.****Over the course of the next couple of years we will be offering for sale thousands of rare specimens of museum quality many of which have never been offered for sale before and which you will likely never see for sale again. Why are we selling this archive and reference collection? After 150+ years of interest in ammunition there is no one else interested in the field in our family. My personal collecting has spanned 50 years and I am at an age when it is time to stop and pass on such activities to others.