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The Bøje Benzon Mannlicher-Schönauer M/1903 .6,5×54 bolt action sporting carbine. No. 23208. Mounted with a Carl Zeiss 6×32 sight in claw mounts. The rifle comes with a leather gunslip and a leather case for the scope.

Provenance: Dr. Sc. Bøje Benzon (11/8–1891 - 14/10–1976) and his descendants to this day. Bøje Benzon was a legendary big game hunter, environmentalist and served as chairman of Copenhagen Zoo between 1937 and 1945. From 1935 to 1947 he helped bring home the voluminous collection of large African mammals from Central and East Africa to the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen. He also wrote the book “My African Adventures,” which was published in 1948. This rifle was part of Benzon’s equipment on these expeditions, and it has, besides countless antelopes, shot elephants(!), lions, leopards and monkeys, as well as seals and polar bears at the North Pole. It has been at Benzon’s side all over the world and in every conceivable type of hunt for mammals on land and sea.

Mannlicher-Schönauer M / 1903 was an extremely popular rifle among the famous hunters of the early 20th century. Ernest Hemingway, Walter D.M. (Karamojo) Bell and Elmer Kieth were among the rifle and calibre’s ardent supporters.

Condition

Note: this lot demands a permit for export outside of EU. The Danish authorities demand an import licence from the police of the buyers country of residence, or documentation that you do not require a licence to posess the items in your country.

Auction

Weapons, 27 September 2015

Category

Arms, Armour and Sporting Guns

Estimate

8,000–10,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

12,000 DKK  

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