Just a community for everyone to share artifacts, reconstructions, or replicas for the historically-inclined to admire!
Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.
Generally speaking, ruins should go to !historyruins@lemmy.world
Illustrations of the past should go to !historyillustrations@lemmy.world
Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world
Ohhhhhhh man. So I know that for all intents and purposes, I'm a dog, and you're a dog, so you gotta take my word on this.
In Tal afar (sic), in my dessert years, I came across one of these in an ICDC guard post desk drawer. I was 20 at the time and didn't know anything about anything, but the 249 gunner I was with mentioned, Lawrence of Arabia and the British, and whatnot.
Great share as always, thanks!
That's a pretty dank share, dog!
Unironically, though, with the kinds of antiques that still proliferate in usage in MENA, I wouldn't be surprised if your gunner was right.
I don't disagree.
Found alongside it was a Cyrillic inscribed Walther Ppk semi-automatic. I thought fer shure brother mouzone would come to claim it, but no such luck. If I can find a picture, I'll share. Tal afar was like fucking Derry, Maine, I swear. Tunnels and shit under the city. Probably a knight from the first crusade down there.
Favoured weapon of Johannes Cabal, though his is chambered .577.
So is this pistol and its story a hidden reference in the WWI episode of Archer?
Haven't seen the episode, but the Webley was in very wide use amongst British forces in WW1, so if it featured, it was very likely an intentional nod to the history of the weapon. Or the weapon of the history, whichever you prefer.
It's also a damn fine looking weapon
Agreed! I have an Iver Johnson .32 from the same era...neat weapon but doesnt have the same charm