German WW1 MG Ammunition Can With Skull & Crossed Bones (One Only) Vickers MMG reducing its weight by lightening

reducing its weight by lightening and simplifying the action and substituting components made with high strength alloys

and they continued until the end of October

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

The second hands are all of blued steel

German WW1 MG Ammunition Can With Skull & Crossed Bones (One Only) Vickers MMG reducing its weight by lighteningOriginal 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