Wednesday, April 23, 2014

redskyharbor: J.R.R. Tolkien’s personal Webley MK VI, chambered...





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J.R.R. Tolkien’s personal Webley MK VI, chambered in .455. Tolkien fought in one of the largest battles of WWI, the Battle of the Somme before he contracted Trench Fever. Coincidentally, Adolf Hitler served in the same battle, supposedly a few kilometers away from Tolkien himself.







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