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Thought it said Arthur's Round Table at first.

They were very brave and not stupid... They were Chesty Puller and William A Lee's body guards. The safety works when it is cocked. They also carried the 1911s locked and cocked. They boots you see on the ground is from one of the bandits they just killed. These are lethal men. William Lee had three Navy Crosses when he left Nicaragua. Chesty Puller had five Navy Crosses when he retired after the Korean War. These two men are Legends... there are several great books that you may find very interesting on them. Cheers, Sandman1957

The majority of those early Model of 1928s were pushed straight into service as soon as they arrived in the UK, shipped to all theatres of the war that British and Commonwealth forces fought in. So we don't come across many pristine Model of 1928's this side of the Atlantic, but this one has suffered from bad storage, as well as war use during its life time. Reminds me of many recovered Irish Republican Thompsons, and other weapons, which spent more time under the ground than above it. A good read on the Thompsons supplied and used by the British, and an example of an Irish Republican 3-digit serial number Model of 1921 is shown, in Tom Davis's Great Britain - The Tommy Gun Story. A book I'd recommend and I often refer to, as a good reference on the subject.