Lee-Metford cartridge-case. In glass-topped box with 1937.56.26, 27-32. [LM 10/10/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Lee-Metford cartridge-case. In glass-topped box with 1937.56.26, 27-32. [LM 10/10/2007]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Oranje River Paardeberg
Person: Maker Lee Metford; Field collector Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland; PRM source Department of Geology, Oxford University Museum of Natural History; PRM source Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland Collection; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1905
Date collected: 6 September 1905
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1937
Materials and processes: Material Copper Alloy Metal
Dimensions: Length: max 57 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1937.56.26
Research and responses: Note that it is actually spelt Lee Metford [MDA] The accession book seems to have been numbered incorrectly. It is possible that where it is written in the book that there are "7 Bullet cases:" there are in fact eleven bullet cases and these Lee Metford cases are part of the eleven. But, the seven bullet cases have been given individual numbers. The catalogue card entry also suggests that the accession book was numbered incorrectly. However, as it is possible that there are seven bullet cases as well as those listed afterwards in the accession book I have added a computer entry for the bullet cases 1937.56.18 - 1937.56.24. [MdeA 7 7 1997]