gallipoli gun

[goo]

http://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2015/11/24/the-gallipoli-gun/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=insider&utm_campaign=1115

my 1910 bsa. i suppose there's an outside chance it could have been there.

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[Sunray]

"...“CMF” for Commonwealth Military Forces..." No such thing as 'The Commonwealth' in 1915. No 'CMF' listed on any of the stamp sites. No "carved" official markings from anywhere either. The only part of that that is remotely correct is the 2MD being Australian.

[JB White]

From the article:


...this multi-national allied force pushed toward a town it would never reach—a town called Gallipoli.

Gallipoli being a large peninsula, wasn't that town known as Constantinople?

Also, CMF is said to be Citizens Military Forces meaning the reserves or State Militia. The 2MD fits well with New South Wales.

[Sunray]

Constantinople was Istanbul by then. On the other side of the Sea of Marmara. Long way away from the Gallipoli peninsula.

[JB White]

The British didn't use the term Istanbul. Neither did some of us Americans as the maps we studied in school still read Constantinople. Although we were informed that both names were used. Sort of like the Burma/Myanmar issue of today.
The Dardanelles campaign was to gain control of the Straits leading into the Sea. The target was to be Constantinople/Istanbul. Thus opening another front against the Ottoman Empire & Central Powers which would in turn aid Russia.
The British underestimated the coastal defenses as well as the resolve of the Turkish army. Bogged down along the beaches of Gallipoli.....We know how that plan turned out.

[Parashooter]

Constantinople was Istanbul by then. . .

Perhaps not, at least to English speakers - if the Wikipedia article is accurate.

"Some Ottoman sources of the 17th century, such as Evliya Çelebi, describe it as the common Turkish name of the time; between the late 17th and late 18th centuries, it was also in official use. The first use of the word "Islambol" on coinage was in 1703 (1115AH) during the reign of Sultan Ahmed III. Nevertheless, the use of the name Constantinople remained common in English into the 20th century, Istanbul became common only after Turkey adapted the Latin alphabet in 1928 and urged other countries to use the city's Turkish name."

[Parashooter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=471-ucVd7o0