THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 6 APRIL 2025

42 68 19th Century Snider Enfield rifle, of a type used by The Fenians and some Irish Volunteers. This rifle was also of a type used by the Royal Irish Constabulary. Condition: Some wear from use, slight corrosion, good. The British .577 Snider–Enfield was a breech-loading rifle. The American inventor, Jacob Snider created this firearm action, and the Snider–Enfield was one of the most widely used of the Snider varieties. The British Army adopted it in 1866 as a conversion system for its ubiquitous Pattern 1853 Enfield muzzle- loading rifles, and used it until 1880 when the Martini–Henry rifle began to supersede it. The British Indian Army used the Snider–Enfield until the end of the nineteenth century. Estimate €250-€350 (approx £210-£290) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 68 69 India General Service Medal 1854 and PEGU clasp to Captain Edmund Disney Byng, Royal Munster Fusiliers. Engraved ‘CAPTN. E.D. BYNG 1ST EUR. FUSRS. With setails of Byng’s miliary career. He was commissioned Ensign in 1840, and died of heat applexy in 1850. while on the Pegu expediton. Condition: About extremely fine. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£250) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 69