Original British WWII Vickers Oil Bottle Body Japanese Field Gear and shell fragments

and shell fragments

Stahlhelm (plural Stahlhelme) is German for "steel helmet"

Because white light degrades night vision

will show age and storage wear

most were the 1858 model type and manufactured in Richmond Virginia

Original British WWII Vickers Oil Bottle Body Japanese Field Gear and shell fragmentsOriginal Item: In the Vickers gun, the gunner holds two wooden spade type hand grips. The wooden grips are installed over two hollow steel tubes designed to function as oil and solvent bottles. The bottles are closed and externally threaded at the bottom to screw into the lower grip support. The lower end is provided with two recesses for a spanner wrench if removal is necessary. The upper end is threaded internally to accept a cap.