Original WWII British Oil Container: Can, Half Pint, Mk II German Field Equipment 1855 TOWER

1855 TOWER

Surcharge makes it apparent that this military style musket was in fact issued to U

an oiler and a cleaning tool or spoon for the receiver

and the true "Guns that Won the West" were the earlier Models 1866 and 1873

so some seepage is normal

Original WWII British Oil Container: Can, Half Pint, Mk II German Field Equipment 1855 TOWEROriginal Item: The following oil containers were issued for use with British machine guns during the first and second world wars. All are original issue. (See Dolf Goldsmith, The Grand Old Lady Of No Mans Land, page 506.) Can, Half Pint, Mk II. Introduced during WW 1 in 1918 for use with the Vickers and Lewis machine guns, then used with all British machine guns. Expensively made with machined brass filler cap and dropping spout with its own cap