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08-15-2018, 05:11 PM	#24
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,607 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Piet, My history knowledge is not what it used to be either but I recall that General Smuts was the man who captured Winston Churchill at gun point during the Boer War. They became friends later on in life. Smuts was the man who introduced registration numbers on guns and I have heard these numbers referred to as Smuts numbers by English auction houses. Norm

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