Original British WWII Vickers Oil Bottle Body Hand Select:No complete with badge and original

complete with badge and original leather chin strap

Although introduced sixty years ago (1952)

these British flints were made (knapped) to regulation pattern at BRANDON in the County of SUFFOLK in England at the close of the 18th Century

It had a folding butt stock and had a swiveling carrying handle on the ventilated barrel jacket

• Rolling Mill dome stamp (under the paint) located on the outside (top) dome of every WWI Austrian M17 helmet you will find a heating lot code

Original British WWII Vickers Oil Bottle Body Hand Select:No complete with badge and originalOriginal Item: In the Vickers gun, the gunner holds two wooden spade type hand grips. The wooden grips are installed over two hollow steel tubes designed to function as oil and solvent bottles. The bottles are closed and externally threaded at the bottom to screw into the lower grip support. The lower end is provided with two recesses for a spanner wrench if removal is necessary. The upper end is threaded internally to accept a cap.