French Pocket Revolver : Lieutenant H I Wikner, 7 Light Horse Regiment, AIF

French, five shot, hammerless pocket revolver with a folding trigger. The frame and cylinder are nickel plated and there are no manufacturer marks except for the serial number. The grips are two piece mother of pearl. The rear of the frame has a safety catch. There is no ejector rod fitted to the octagonal barrel.

The donor, Colonel Wikner, was intelligence officer with the 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade, stated that approximately early November, 1917, the 2nd L.H. Brigade was faced, on the plain outside Jaffa, by a numerically stronger Turkish force. Both sides had resorted to patrol activities and it was on one of these patrols that the Australians had on one night seen a signal light originating from a mud hut in the vicinity. Investigation resulted in the capture of a Turk dressed in Arab robes. This revolver was taken from the Turk by an interpreter who presented it to Colonel Wikner.