Rare WW1 Webley Prideaux speedloader with provenance.

One for the advanced Webley collector.
There are many quite good fake Webley Prideaux Speed loaders on the market and buyer beware!

The speed loader was designed to hold six .455 cartridges and dispense them instantly in seconds, possibly saving valuable seconds and the owners life!

The fake ones are incorrectly marked and if you look at them closely with P-L2 this is incorrect the correct mark should be P-L and then a smaller capital D with a line under it this stands for Prideaux - Limited.
The correct ones are manufactured with a brass rivet but the fake ones are steel or painted.
Unlike the thousands of fake ones and the very few real ones I have some provenance on this one. The patina tells the story.
This one was owned by a WW1 pilot who threw his Webley Fosbery out of his aircraft at another enemy aircraft when he ran out of ammunition.
I will share the provenance with the buyer but not here.

Code: 50704