German WW1 MG Ammunition Can With Skull & Crossed Bones (One Only) Vickers MMG Two different patrols found five

Two different patrols found five of the six guns nearby (the sixth was being fixed elsewhere) and destroyed their firing mechanisms with thermite grenades

It so impressed the British authorities that it was copied as the BESA machine gun for use in armored vehicles

Manufactured by Mauser/Oberndorf as indicated by the byf code

Original Item: Standard issue to all mechanized and Artillery units as well as Sappers and Engineers

3 m (infantry rifle)

German WW1 MG Ammunition Can With Skull & Crossed Bones (One Only) Vickers MMG Two different patrols found fiveOriginal Item: One Only! We have NEVER seen anything like this before. This ammunition can has the riveted construction of the WW 1 era. The manufacturer? s logo consists of three circles in a vertical arrangement. The top circle contains a K, the middle circle contains a large M, and the bottom circle appears to contain an F. To the right of the manufacturer? s logo is a small death? s head symbol, measuring about 10 mm x 10 mm. The skull is facing