Description
The bore is smooth but needs cleaning
tapered wood shaft hilt mounted in a silvered white metal
especially on horseback
These scarce short infantry rifles were issued exclusively to Gurkha Mountain units in small numbers
Accompanying this piece is a signed letter from the son of the U
Original British Vickers MMG Oil Can - Mk I Snider Rifles & Bayonets The bore is smooth butOriginal Item: This is the first oilcan issued with the Vickers Medium Machine Gun. The can is constructed of plated steel with a brass screw cap. Ours are the early version with a brush attached to the cap. The capacity is 0. 5 pint. The official name is CAN, OIL, MG, MK I, and it was introduced in February of 1915. See Dolf Goldsmith, The Grand Old Lady Of No Mans Land (Collector Grade Publications, 1994), page 506. These very early WW I oil cans