British WW1 Vickers Fluted Display Machinegun with Tripod Russian Issue Equipment who often wore the patches

who often wore the patches of every squadron they had ever flown with

- Belt pocket stretcher (pocket pin absent)

This particular example has Belgian proof marks so was it was produced there in the 1880s

Also included are original photos and negatives of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri

After the war these helmets were sold to the Finnish Army and used by the Finns through WWII the Winter War

British WW1 Vickers Fluted Display Machinegun with Tripod Russian Issue Equipment who often wore the patchesOriginal Item: Only one available. Repurchased from an IMA customer who bought this weapon from us over a decade ago. The Serial Number is in the B5 range indicating date of manufacture as March, 1918 at the Erith Factory in Kent, UK where all the earliest Vickers Guns were made. The fluted water jacket is unpainted and stunningly retains most of the original blued finish. The brass head tripod is of the earliest type without the raised nomenclature