Original British WWII .303 Vickers K Machine Gun Drum Magazine U.S. Helmets/Hats with sliding buff leather keeper

with sliding buff leather keeper and integral leather tongue as buckle back

two mountain infantry regiments

based at many airfields in southern England

as marked on the outer shell and the visor band

While these are steel

Original British WWII .303 Vickers K Machine Gun Drum Magazine U.S. Helmets/Hats with sliding buff leather keeperOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a rare World War Two issue, circular, one hundred round drum magazine with web handle, for use with the Gas Operated . 303 inch Vickers 'K' machine gun. It is offered in excellent condition. A near identical example can be found at the Australian War Memorial website at this link. The Vickers K machine gun, known as the Vickers Gas Operated (Vickers G. O.) in British service, was a rapid firing machine gun