TIGER HUNTING IS CHINA ?
YES BUT NOT RECENTLY.
UNIQUE IN THE WORLD.
ROSE COLLECTION
CHINESE TIGER HUNTING SOUVENIR DATE UNKNOWN
577 NITRO EXPRESS DOUBLE RIFLE
POPULAR FOR BIG GAME HUNTERS IN AFRICA , INDIA AND CHINA FOR MANY YEARS.
AMERICAN OUT DOORS MAN AND AUTHOR ERNEST HEMINGWAY USED ONE WHICH IS PICTURED HERE
GEORGE H. ROSE WON THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR ACTIONS IN THE RELIEF EFFORT DURING THE BOXER REBELLION. HE WAS AN ORDINARY SEAMAN.
MANY YEARS AGO WE PURCHASED SOUVENIR ITEMS FROM THE ROSE ESTATE
WHICH INCLUDED THE ONLY 2 IMPERIAL CHINESE ORDNANCE MANUALS KNOWN TO EXIST IN THE WEST PLUS VARIOUS TRENCH ART MASTER PIECES AND RARITIES.
THE ORIGINAL MANUAL WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE AS WELL IN THE FUTURE.
IN ADDITION TO THE MANUALS THERE WERE SEVERAL PIECES OF TRENCH ART WHICH WILL ALSO BE SOLD.
FREE SHIPPING FOR COMBAT VETS. WE DO NOT SELL ORDNANCE HARDWARE ON EBAY
WELCOME TO THE CRITTENDEN SCHMITT ARCHIVES "ON LINE MUSEUM" AND DE-ACQUISITION SALE.
THE ITEMS IN OUR REFERENCE COLLECTION DATE BACK TO ABOUT 1849 WHEN MY GREAT UNCLE, RALPH CRITTENDEN AND HIS PARTNER RICHARD TIBBALS CREATED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AMMUNITION FACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRAWN CARTRIDGES , PERCUSSION CAPS AND ALL FORMS TO AMMUNITION OF INTEREST TO THE GUN MANUFACTURING FACTORS OF THE DAY. SPENCER , SHARPS , HENRY , VOLCANIC, JENNINGS, REMINGTON, JOSLYN,WESSON,BALLARD,BACON,BLISS,WARNER AND SMITH AND WESSON ALL SOLD CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS AMMUNITION UNDER THEIR OWN TRADE NAME. THE UNION ARMY BOUGHT MILLIONS OF CTM PERCUSSION CAPS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPENCER CARTRIDGES DURING LINCOLN’S WAR AND ALL OF THE SPENCER AMMUNITION USED IS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES INCLUDING GETTYSBURGH WERE ALL MADE BY CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS.
****Over the course of the next couple of years we will be offering for sale thousands of rare specimens of museum quality many of which have never been offered for sale before and which you will likely never see for sale again. Why are we selling this archive and reference collection? After 150+ years of interest in ammunition there is no one else interested in the field in our family. My personal collecting has spanned 50 years and I am at an age when it is time to stop and pass on such activities to others.