The captured German Machine Gun was gifted to Trinity College Kandy on 16th of October 1919. Today marks the 100th year since the gun was unveiled by Sir William Henry Manning.
The following video narrates a brief history about how the captured gun was brought to College:
The captured German machine gun is considered to be one of the first notable war trophies presented by the British Emperor to Ceylon after the First World War, and the first school outside England to be honoured this way.
