discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml revolver human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēWebley Mark VI revolver with leather holster, 1918 (model name) Bombadier Michael G Niven, 7th Anti-Tank Regiment, 2nd NZ Division Artillery, 2NZEF (associated name)Kupu whakaahuaWebley Mark VI revolver with leather holster, 1918Revolver given to Bombadier Michael G Niven, 7th Anti-Tank Regiment, 2nd NZ Division, 2NZEF.1 revolver: six-shot; double action; rear loading; lanyard ring at butt; composite grips.2 holster:Sam Brown type flap holster; brown leather; belt loop; shoulder strap brass engaging loop on rear; stitching to fault to bottom of belt loop; two broad arrows inside flapmarkings:.1 revolver: marked on rear outside of cylinder, underside of body forward of trigger guard, and rear underside of barrel: serial number: 378387left rear barrel strap: other markings including military broad arrow; MARK VIleft body above trigger guard: WEBLEY / MARK VI / Patents / 1918other parts marked with broad arrow.2 holster: marked: HOBSON & SONS / 1915/ LONDONhandwritten in pencil under flap: A.M.R.WāhiUnited Kingdom London/EnglandWāhi HāngaiAuckland/New ZealandAccession Number2013.28.1Rā Tāpiringa06 Sep 2013Tohu Tuakiri Kē16780 (Asset Register)WāhangaHistoryWar History Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete revolver, 2013.28.1, 16780, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2013.28.1Gift of William HursthouseKaiwaihanga Matua P. Webley & Son (Gunmaker) Hobson & Sons (Maker)WāhiUnited Kingdom London/EnglandRāCirca 1918Tuhipoka HāngaiWebley V1 revolver that belonged to: Bombadier Michael G Niven, 7TH Anti-Tank Regiment, 2nd NZ Division Artillery, 2NZEF During WW2 Niven was with the 7th Anti-Tank Regiment. On 27th November 1941 he played a key role in the unsuccessful attempt to defend the 5th Brigade Headquarters of Brigadier Hargest at Sidi Azeiz in the Libyan desert. Taken prisoner he escaped on several occasions and suffered at the hands of the Gestapo. His actions on 27th November 1941 are recounted in two of the WW2 official histories, 2nd New Zealand Division Artillery and The Relief of Tobruk. At end of war Michael Niven returned to New Zealand, living initially in Auckland. At this time he had an extreme phobia about the Gestapo and he would sit on the stairs of his landlady’s house with a loaded rifle waiting for the Germans to come. It was in response to this that his landlady gave him the Webley revolver - presumably because it was less visible than the rifle. Michael Niven later returned to Wellington where he practised as a vet for a number of years before deciding to return to England in the early 1950s. At this point he gave the revolver to Mr Hursthouse. Niven and Hursthouse had been friends before the war, both attending Victoria University circa 1935, and had resumed their friendship when Michael Niven returned to Wellington.Mahi HāngaiWW2; 1939-1945Post WW2Tangata Hāngāi Bombadier Michael G Niven (Gunmaker) 7th Anti-Tank Regiment (Maker)Wāhi HāngaiAuckland/New ZealandWāWorld War 1, 1914-18/WarsWaitohu/māka378387 (firearm serial number)Pāohoalloy steel/steel/iron alloy/metal/inorganic materialleather/animal materialRaraunga Ine310mm153mm47mm105mm340mm170mm55mmHuinga Kaupapatrauma/casualties/warsTaumata whakarōpūrevolverhandgunsfirearmsarms & armaments HolsterContainer, ArmamentArmament AccessoriesArmaments05 Tools & Equipment for Science & TechnologyWhakahounga o Mua11 Oct 2023 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60