Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water SHELL MOTOR SPIRIT Can - Petrol 2 Gallons MP 40 just perfect for any Great

just perfect for any Great War collection

Packed Weight 200 Lbs

John Jones and Son worked in Cornhill

The 1st/71st lost 16 officers and 171 men killed and wounded at Waterloo

Original British WWII Vickers Machine Gun Water SHELL MOTOR SPIRIT Can - Petrol 2 Gallons MP 40 just perfect for any GreatOriginal Item: Only One Available. Original aviation can showing SHELL MOTOR SPIRIT clearly stamped on each side. Originally these WW2 cans were manufactured to contain Petrol (gasoline) and were embossed with a large SHELL 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