WW1 1914 Princess Mary Fund Gift Box Bullet Pencil stamped Sterling Silver on orginal card

The 1914 Princess Mary bullet pencil bearing the monogram of Princess Mary bullet pencil as included in the Christmas 1914 gift tins for Commonwealth troops. Simple, clean, easily refillable… Although you have to wonder how many ended up being accidentally chambered in a Lee Enfield rifle or a Vickers Gun. It comprised a spent .303 cartridge case as a base, it used a bomb-proof half-pencil set into a decorative “bullet”. There were no moving parts, nothing to rust or corrode and both the cartridge case and the pencil could be replaced very easily, even on the front lines. Befitting a royal gift, the cartridge case was highly polished, lacquered and monogrammed with the Princess Mary’s seal while the “bullet” was pressed and formed from a sheet of solid sterling silver and stamped as such. Although versions with an unmarked nickel plated bullet tops are not uncommon.

This bullet pencil, the silver is dark toned and slightly tarnished with age. It is still on its original card holder for storage in the gift tin. Slight shave to the blunt pencil end, but also appears to be the original. Tin not included. Regret will not post outside the UK - not keen on sending 'ammunition' overseas in this day and age!

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Code: 55796