Description
These pieces represent the basic set issued to all British Infantrymen in WW2 and thereafter onto which can be added a host of other accessories such as wire cutter carrier
This model was the first type of the Model 36 ever produced
Each helmet has been stripped and repainted in Desert Issue TAN
some bear 1950s dates
priming (clay red color) and painted these tripods in the correct ordnance grey (Feldgrau) color so they almost 100% appear as they did in WW2
Original British WWI Lewis Gun - Reamer, Gas Regulator Cup Holsters & Cases These pieces represent the basicOriginal Item: One of the basic maintenance activities for the Lewis Light Machine Gun was cleaning the gas regulator cup. Since the cup accumulated burnt powder byproducts, it had to bee reamed out, since the normal cleaning materials would not remove the powder residue. Each gun was supplied with a reamer for this purpose. See The Belgian Rattlesnake by William M. Easterly, page 489. These reamers have unavailable on the collector's market until