Holland & Holland 500/465. Made 1941.
So why rangoon oil from Army & Navy and the A&N catalog. Well it was purchased new from their big store in Bombay. On the postcard from 1941 you can see how the store looked.
Also the cotton patch box has the Bombay stamp on it. This store closed in the end...
The 7xxxx number on the charge card is the Army / navy number, this one was sold by A/N to the Maharaja. You can research the number by the Glasgow University.
https://www.africahunting.com/threads/465-holland-holland-double-barrel-rifle.2799/
9 numbers from mine also went to India and a Maharaja and sold by Army & Navy
Yes! Not heard anything from Glasgow University yet hopefully they have a bunch of info about first owner also. The info above is all from H&H
Funny thing is my only son´ s Mother is adopted from Bombay.
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