Description
The oak base is supported by six British Lions
Side of each can is marked:
Also included is the all leather tooled scabbard with characteristic swell to tip
but we thought they were all gone
thus speeding up loading
Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water SHELL MEX BP LTD Spirit Can - Petrol 2 Gallons Barrels The oak base is supportedOriginal Item: Only One Available. Original aviation can showing SHELL MEX "BP" LTD clearly stamped on each side. Originally these WW2 cans were manufactured to contain Petrol (gasoline) and were embossed with a large SHELL logo on the top and: ESSO PETROLEUM SPIRIT HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE In short order, however, these were adopted by the Machine Gun Corp to be used as water condensing can with the water cooled Vickers Machine Guns. The rapid Machine gun