Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water Esso Spirit Can - Petrol 2 Gallons British Military Hats Measures approximately 48" x 11"

Measures approximately 48" x 11" x 8"

Baron Hotham (1794 - 1870) joined the Coldstream Guards as an Ensign in 1810 and was immediately sent to participate

and refers to a caliber that is 23

Comes complete with oil rubbed ribbed wood grips and a heavy blue WWI finish

The casing is made of brass lined with cigar box wood

Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water Esso Spirit Can - Petrol 2 Gallons British Military Hats Measures approximately 48" x 11"Original Item: Only One Available. Original aviation can showing the ESSO logo clearly stamped on each side. Originally these WW2 cans were manufactured to contain Petrol (gasoline) and were embossed with a large ESSO logo on the top and: ESSO PETROLEUM SPIRIT HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE In short order, however, these were adopted by the Machine Gun Corp to be used as water condensing can with the water cooled Vickers Machine Guns. The rapid Machine gun fire